Roberts woman gets two years for selling stolen parts on eBay
Woman lived in River Falls at timeA Roberts woman will spend two years in federal prison after she pled guilty to stealing home security parts from her employer and then selling them on eBay.
A Roberts woman will spend two years in federal prison after she pled guilty to stealing home security parts from her employer and then selling them on eBay.
According to the U.S. Attorney's Office for western Wisconsin, Sherry La Tourneau, 32, was sentenced on Friday after pleading guilty to the interstate sale of stolen goods on Feb. 6.
Officials with the U.S. Attorney's Office say that from August 1999 - July 23, 2004 La Tourneau stole parts for home security systems from GE Security in North St. Paul, Minn., where she worked as a computer support technician.
At the time of the crime La Tourneau lived at a Division Street address. in River Falls.
La Tourneau received approximately $93,000 for the parts, but the loss to the company was around $450,000.
The FBI, along with the Ramsey County (Minn.) Sheriff's Department and the River Falls Police Department all participated in the investigation.
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