A former employee of the Federal Correctional Institution in Texarkana has pleaded guilty to embezzling from the employee fund.

Stephanie Lucille Smith, 40, pleaded guilty Wednesday before Federal Magistrate Caroline Craven of the Eastern District of Texas. She is charged with being an officer or employee of the United States who has converted the property of another and with larceny.

Smith was accused of pocketing $8,523.77 while acting as treasurer of the employee fund by “falsifying records.” The money was supposed to be used for staff social events and to pay for r...

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