GILLETTE (WNE) — The former employee who stole almost $40,000 in taxpayer money from the Campbell County Treasurer’s Office is serving a 30-day split sentence in county jail before being …
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GILLETTE (WNE) — The former employee who stole almost $40,000 in taxpayer money from the Campbell County Treasurer’s Office is serving a 30-day split sentence in county jail before being released on three years of supervised probation.
Marcella Racel Hall, 35, had pleaded guilty to felony theft after admitting that she altered more than three dozen receipts from people who paid their vehicle taxes and kept the money. The theft amounted to $39,585.
Campbell County Attorney Ronald Wirthwein had negotiated a plea agreement in which Hall would repay only $2,500, which was the amount of the deductible after the county’s insurance company paid all the losses from the thefts.
District Judge Michael N. “Nick” Deegan questioned the discrepancy in the amounts, noting that defendants usually are required to repay the full amount.
The judge sentenced Hall to 30 days in jail beyond the suspended three- to five-year prison sentence called for in the plea agreement. Deegan noted the breach of trust with the Treasurer’s Office from the public it serves.
“This all will have, for a long time, a question as to their integrity brought about by the acts of Ms. Hall,” he said.
Campbell County Treasurer’s Office records show that between December 2018 and September 2019, Hall had altered 39 receipts from people who had paid their vehicle taxes. She would change the dates on the receipts to a weekend date because those were not included in weekly accounting reports, according to a charging affidavit.
Cash taken by Hall was not accounted for in any audits.