Church treasurer, 80, gets prison time for stealing $515,000
MARIETTA, Ohio (AP) — An 80-year-old woman has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for stealing more than a half-million dollars from the Ohio church where she had been treasurer for decades.Betty Wheaton, of Belpre, briefly apologized in court before she was sentenced Monday. She didn't offer an explanation and told a Washington County judge she doesn't know what happened to the money.Wheaton had pleaded guilty to aggravated theft, a felony. Washington County prosecutors say she admitte
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