Valerie Jill Berry, 36, of Butler has been sentenced in Federal Court from charges stemming in an embezzlement case where she allegedly stole a total of $75,813 from Bates County Public Water Supply Districts #1 and #6 over a 7 year period.
Berry plead guilty to the charges in the six count indictment which included mail fraud, in the theft that occurred between 2001 and 2008 while working as a clerk for the water districts in Butler. Berry was accused of stealing cash payments and submitting fraudulent reports to the state auditors in order to conceal the thefts.
Berry's sentencing includes 5 years Federal probation, 6 months home detention, payment of a $600 special assessment and restitution of money taken from the two water districts.
