A city council member in central Kentucky has entered a plea of guilty to an amended charges after being accused in June of stealing funds from a local club.
Rose Cunningham appeared before Anderson District Judge Linda
Armstrong and entered a guilty plea to a charge of theft by unlawful taking under $300, which is a misdemeanor. She paid a fine and court costs totaling almost $250. Cunningham was elected to the Lawrenceburg council in November, and has continued to serve since
her arrest.
A one-year jail term was conditionally discharged as long as Cunningham commits no other criminal offenses during the next two
years.
The 65-year-old Cunningham had been charged by state police
with stealing $2,283 from the Pierian Woman's Club, an organization
for which she had served as treasurer.
She had paid the money back before she was arrested in June.
(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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