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A former treasurer and water clerk for the village of Dawson was sentenced to four years probation and ordered to pay full restitution stemming from a 2018 Sangamon County theft case.
Dennise “Shelly” Farley was found to have stolen about $125,000 from public accounts from October 2016 to December 2017, when she was fired. Farley worked for the village for about six years.
According to online documents, Farley was ordered to pay $60,000 by Feb. 22. After that, Farley will make $1,000 monthly restitution payments.
Sangamon County sheriff’s deputies investigated the case and worked with the village of Dawson to determine how much was missing.
Part of Farley s sentence includes 250 hours of public service.
Sangamon County State s Attorney Dan Wright says there s been no change in policy on filing petitions requiring defendants to show sources of bail are legitimate. Sangamon County prosecutors have increased the number of petitions filed that require defendants to prove that sources of bail money are legitimate before they can be released from jail, courthouse insiders say. As of last Friday, 42 of 365 inmates had petitions on sources of bail filed in their cases. The petitions mean that inmates must either get approval from judges before they can be released on bond or convince prosecutors to drop petitions by showing that cash is clean.