No Jail Time for Woman Who Stole Thousands from Ripley High School
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Updated: 9:08 AM Dec 30, 2010
No Jail Time for Woman Who Stole Thousands from Ripley High School
While Robin Wise admitted to stealing more than $52,000 from Ripley High School, she will not go to jail.
Posted: 9:28 PM Dec 29, 2010
Reporter: Anna Baxter, Jeremy Edwards
Email Address: anna.baxter@wsaz.com
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UPDATE 12/29/10 @ 9:30 p.m.
JACKSON COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- While Robin Wise admitted to stealing more than $52,000 from Ripley High School, she will not go to jail.

Wise was sentenced recently to five years probation and has to pay back the money she took from the school, which is located in Jackson County. Wise was the financial secretary at the school.

She will pay $500 a month for the next 15 years.



UPDATE 4/26/10 @ 2:30 p.m.
RIPLEY, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- A former school employee in Jackson County who admitted to stealing money from the school where she worked will have to wait to learn her fate.

Robin Wise appeared in court Monday morning for her sentencing hearing, but the judge ordered a 60 day evaluation for her.

Wise, the former Financial Secretary at Ripley High School, was charged with stealing more than $52,000 in 2008. She admitted to the crime back in February.



ORIGINAL STORY 2/9/10
JACKSON COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- A former employee of the Jackson County, W.Va. school system who was charged with stealing money from a local high school has admitted to the crime.

According to a court spokesperson, Robin Wise pleaded guilty to a embezzlement charge on Monday.

Deputies say Wise, the former financial secretary at Ripley High School, stole more than $52,000. She was charged back in March 2009.

"The board of education is certainly glad this case is progressing to some stage of completion," Superintendent Blaine Hess said. "We're glad all legal avenues have been implemented in this case."

Wise is expected to be sentenced on April 5.


Latest Comments

Posted by: Jim on Jan 14, 2011 at 02:11 PM

For those complaining about the school not receiving any money, just to let you know, they received full compensation for the embezzled amount thanks to insurance. I am not defending the woman at all, but to think the school has gone without is not knowing all the facts.
Posted by: Jim on Jan 14, 2011 at 02:09 PM

This lady was sentenced quite some time ago. Why so long to update your story and start new discussion on it? Also, she did have to spend some jail time, she was incarcerated while waiting on diagnostic/eval with DOC, then said process takes 60 days, then she spent more time in jail waiting to go back to court. Get your facts straight, then post on it, WSAZ!! Not taking up for her, just want the facts out there for everyone commenting on this.
Posted by: BILL on Jan 1, 2011 at 10:46 AM

WOW!!! ALL THAT MONEY AND NO JAIL TIME I WONDER WHAT ELSE THEY WOULD LET HER BY WITH.
$250,000,000
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