A B.C. woman who pleaded guilty to stealing more than $14,000 raised by volunteers for school supplies and hot meal programs will serve no jail time, a provincial court has ruled.
The Provincial Court of British Columbia suspended the passing of sentence for parent council treasurer Andrea Blanchard and instead handed the 49-year-old mother of two teens three years of probation. She was sentenced Oct. 28 after pleading guilty to one count of theft over $5,000 last year.
Blanchard was the treasurer of the South Rutland Elementary Parents Advisory Council (PAC) in Kelowna when she stole $14,295 over a period of nearly three years to pay bills after her husband lost his job, according to the court decision….