The Historic Mobile Preservation Society operates a museum and works to promote historic preservation in Mobile, Alabama. Marilyn Culpepper, the former director of the society, has now pleaded guilty to stealing more than $25,000 from the society. Mobile County Circuit Judge Rick Stout accepted the former director's plea Thursday and set sentencing for June 2, according to court documents.
Culpepper had led the group since 2001 but resigned from her post in May, 2009 amid questions about how the society spent grant money.
State law calls for a sentence of two to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $30,000. Her lawyer said he planned to ask the judge to sentence Culpepper to probation, considering her lack of previous criminal history.
You can read more in an article by Jeff Amy the al.com web site at http://goo.gl/T0U6S
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