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Woman charged with stealing $100K from fire dept.

Tammy Kellerman, 52, is a former employee of the fire district; she used her job to embezzle the money for personal use

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PERRY COUNTY, Ill. — A Perry County woman has been charged with stealing more than $100,000 from the Pinckneyville Rural Fire Protection District (PRFPD).

Tammy Kellerman, 52, of Pinckneyville, is charged with one count of theft of government funds over $100,000, four counts of filing a fraudulent Illinois income tax return and computer fraud, and two counts of wire fraud and official misconduct.

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan says Kellerman, a former employee of the PRFPD, embezzled more than $100,000 from the department for her own personal use and then failed to disclose the money on her state income tax returns.

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