(Algona)– An Algona woman has been sentenced on two felony counts in South Dakota.
Lonna Carroll was accused of stealing nearly one-point-eight-million-dollars in state and federal funds while working as an administrative assistant for the South Dakota Department of Social Services. Authorities found that the 68-year-old submitted over 200 fraudulent funding requests between 2010 and 2023 and would take the cash for herself.
Carroll was sentenced to 13 years in prison on Tuesday.