Embezzler Sentenced to Nearly 5 Years
From Times Wire Reports
A Magalia woman was sentenced Monday to the maximum term and ordered to repay nearly $2,500 for embezzling money earmarked for the families of two slain Butte County sheriff’s officers.
Pamela Cox, 44, is to serve four years and eight months in prison for taking money she collected during a fund-raiser held shortly after Lt. Larry Estes, 61, and Deputy William Hunter, 26, were killed in a 2001 gun battle.
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