Former Pettis County administrator sentenced for stealing $227,000

The former administrator of the Pettis County Ambulance District was sentenced in federal court on Tuesday for embezzling more than $227,000 from the district.

ABC 17 previously reported that Michael Gardner, 62, pleaded guilty to bank fraud in December of 2017.

Gardner was sentenced to two years in federal prison without parole. The court also ordered him to pay $227,649 in restitution to the ambulance district.

Gardner was hired as the administrator in December 2012. He admitted that he forged board members’ signatures on 44 checks and received $103,928 in unapproved payroll expenses from 2015 to 2017. The total amount embezzled from the ambulance district was $227,649.

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