Former Jenkins City Clerk Goes to Jail

The former Jenkins City Clerk is being sentenced to six months in jail and orderd to pay $184,000.00 in restitution for embezzlement. 40-year-old Julie Ohr of Pine River was sentenced in the Crow Wing County court rooom of Earl Maus.
Ohr had pleaded guilty to taking public funds from the city of Jenkins and to diverting funds from Lakes Area Carpet and Wood in Pequot Lakes. Her attorney says he plans to appeal the restituion portion of the sentence.