Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
BESSEMER — An Ironwood bank teller pleaded guilty to attempting to embezzle money Tuesday in Gogebic County Circuit Court.
Karen Melanie Sell, 53, of Ironwood entered a guilty plea to one count of attempted embezzlement by an agent or trustee of more than $1,000 and less than $20,000, a felony with a maximum penalty of 2 1/2 years in prison and/or a fine of $10,000, or three times the amount embezzled, whichever is greater.
Sell’s plea was part of a deal with Gogebic County Prosecutor Nick Jacobs that had a second felony — embezzlement by an agent or trustee of more than $1,000 and less than $...