Jefferson Co. – A former Jefferson County school administrator convicted of embezzlement is set to spend the next 15 years in prison. A Jefferson County jury found 56-year-old Sabrina Wheatley guilty in July in connection to the theft of more than $300,000 from Webber Township School District in Bluford. Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s office prosecuted Wheatley on the charges of Class X felony theft of government property in excess of $100,000, Class 3 felony official misconduct and two Class 4 felony counts of filing fraudulent tax returns. Jefferson County Judge Jerry Crisel commented post-sentencing, “if prosecutors asked for a 30 year prison sentence, I would have granted it”. Wheatley’s defense lawyer has already began the process of filing a motion to reconsider the sentencing.
