There will be no jail time for a former school board employee charged four years ago with stealing funds from the Fort Frances High School.45-year-old Fawn Lindberg was handed an 18-month conditional sentence to be served in her home after pleading guilty to a lone charge of theft in Superior Court yesterday.
She was also ordered to repay the over 312-thousand dollars taken.
Court was told Lindbergh cashed pre-signed blank cheques between June 2005 and October 2007 for on-line gambling.
It was noted she had not signed nor forged the signatures on the cheques.
Justice Erwin Stach noted Lindberg's ability to seek immediate treatment for her addiction, voluntarily starting up a Gamblers Anonymous chapter and willingness to pay back the money weighed heavily in his decision.
