TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - The former city clerk of Bennington has been sentenced to 16 months in prison for embezzlement.
U.S. Attorney Tom Beall says in a statement that 42-year-old Janetta Buttery was sentenced Monday for embezzling more than $75,000 from the city by using city credit cards to make unauthorized payments.
Buttery also embezzled more than $79,000 from Realty Associates of Salina, where she worked as a secretary and bookkeeper. Beall says she used the money to pay personal and family debts.
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Buttery also was ordered to pay $184,000 in restitution.
Buttery was Bennington’s City Clerk from October 2014 to May 2016. Her embezzlement from the city was not discovered until she left office.
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