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Charliena Gilmore appeared in Upshur County Circuit Court for sentencing Thursday morning with her attorney, James Hawkins.
BUCKHANNON — The former director of Upshur County Special Olympics will spend a year on home confinement and must write a letter of apology to the organization.
Charliena Jane Helmick Gilmore, 45, of Buckhannon, previously pled guilty to one count of embezzlement on Nov. 12, 2020, admitting to embezzling just over $16,000 from December 2015 to February 2019.
Restitution has already been paid back to the organization, a fact that Gilmore’s attorney pointed out as he first asked the court to consider deferred adjudication. Under deferred adjudication as defined in West Virginia Code 61-11-22a, the court could have deferred acceptance of Gilmore’s guilty plea for up to three years.