ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former school district bookkeeper in eastern
Missouri’s Montgomery County has been sentenced to 14 months in prison
for embezzlement.
Carolyn Yelton was sentenced Wednesday in U.S.
District Court in St. Louis. The 62-year-old Wellsville resident
pleaded guilty in April to one felony count of stealing federal funds.
Federal
prosecutors say Yelton embezzled almost $200,000 from the
Wellsville-Middletown School District, where she worked from 2000 to
2007. The thefts began six years ago.
Yelton was fired after an audit showed money missing from the district. Prosecutors described Yelton as a regular customer at casinos during the time the money was taken. She must make restitution.
