Bessemer woman pleads in credit card case

By RICHARD JENKINS

rjenkins@yourdailyglobe.com

BESSEMER — A Bessemer woman pleaded guilty to a felony count in Gogebic County Circuit Court related to a stolen credit card.

Karin Marie George, 37, pleaded guilty to stealing/retaining a financial transaction device without consent, a potential four-year felony.

The plea comes as part of a plea agreement that will have two other four-year felonies — two counts of illegal use of a transaction device — dismissed at sentencing.

All three counts also carry potential fines up to $5,000.

Gogebic County Prosecutor Nick Jacobs told the Daily Globe the c...