By Associated Press - Thursday, July 9, 2020

GREEN RIVER, Wyo. (AP) - The former director of a Wyoming emergency dispatch center has pleaded guilty to embezzling funds.

Robin Etienne pleaded guilty Monday to felony theft, wrongful appropriation of public property and unlawful use of a credit card between September 2016 and March 2018, the Rock Springs Rocket-Miner reported.

The former director of the Sweetwater County Combined Communications Dispatch Center in Rock Springs was sentenced to three years of supervised probation and ordered to pay full restitution.



Laura Etienne, his wife, pleaded guilty June 4 to felony theft for using the center’s credit card to make just under $3,000 in purchases.

Robin Etienne said during his sentencing hearing that he used the dispatch center’s credit cards to make purchases on an online shopping account. Together the couple embezzled almost $7,000 for online purchases, officials said.

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