Editor's note: This article and headline has been updated to reflect Cheryl Shannon’s sentence. The original article said Shannon was sentenced to 3-5 years consecutively for each felony charge. Shannon was actually sentenced to six months in prison followed by five years probation, according to Laramie County booking sheets.

CHEYENNE – A local woman charged with stealing thousands from veterans organizations was sentenced Monday afternoon to six months in jail followed by five years probation, in line with a plea bargain by Laramie County District Judge Nathaniel Hibben.

Cheryl Shannon used her position as treasurer to steal nearly $68,000 from the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 1881 Auxiliary and the local Disabled American Veterans (DAV) chapter combined, according to court docu

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