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DeRosso sentenced on charges related to embezzlement

BESSEMER, MI--   A prison sentence has been handed down to the Ironwood Township ex-treasurer accused of embezzlement. 

Jill Olson DeRosso, 47, pleaded guilty or no contest to 10 charges, including forgery, using public money for personal use, embezzlement by a public official, and destroying public records. She was sentenced Thursday to 3 to 10 years in prison.

DeRosso had already been ordered to pay more than $1.3 million in restitution. That amount includes more than $1.2 million in missing money and $155,000 dollars in costs related to the investigation.

 

Nicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.