Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Gerovac takes deal in embezzlement case

By RICHARD JENKINS

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BESSEMER — Former Erwin Township Clerk Prisilla Gerovac entered a no contest plea to an embezzlement charge in 32nd Circuit Court in Bessemer Tuesday as part of a plea agreement.

The agreement calls for Gerovac, 45, of East Pioneer Road, to plead no contest to the charge of embezzlement by an agent or trustee of an amount more than $1,000 and less than $20,000, a five-year felony. There is also the possibility of a fine of up to $10,000 or three times the amount embezzled, whichever is greater.

A second embezzlement charge — embezzlement by a publ...