The former bookkeeper for the Pinckneyville Rural Fire Protection District is headed to federal prison.
The U.S. attorney's office says 53-year-old Tammy Kellerman of Pinckneyville has been sentenced to 33 months for defrauding the taxpayer funded municipal entity of over 444-thousand dollars, most of which she is required to pay back.
Kellerman pleaded guilty to four counts of mail fraud in February.
Between 2004 and 2013, Kellerman used her position to steal funds by sending unauthorized checks from the fire protection district through the mail to pay her personal credit card bills and other expenses. She made false entries into the district's accounting software to conceal her theft from the board.
