Woman gets 15 years for embezzling Bingo funds
A Clarksville, Tennessee woman has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after her guilty plea to embezzling nearly $280,000 from the Guthrie Senior Citizen Centers bingo operation. Todd Circuit Judge Tyler Gill rejected a plea agreement that would have kept Paula Terrones out of jail.
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