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Woman sentenced to probation in embezzlement from county

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 39 receipts of people who paid their vehicle taxes and kept the money, which amounted to $39,585.

Campbell County Attorney Ronald Wirthwein had negotiated a plea agreement in which Hall would repay only $25...