Margie Waugh, the former Sadieville city clerk who embezzled more than $55,000 and disappeared for 7 1/2 years, got the mercy she requested from a judge Friday.
A six-month jail sentence imposed by Scott County Circuit Judge Robert Overstreet should have Waugh back in Glen Rose, Texas - the small town where she gave herself a new name and built a new life - in time for the holidays.Dressed in an orange detention center uniform, Waugh asked Overstreet for "as much mercy as possible," and listened as he sentenced her to 10 years in prison on her August guilty plea to 66 felony theft counts.
Overstreet then placed Waugh on probation for five years. That means that Waugh, who returned to Kentucky and began serving time in the Scott County jail in May, should be out by early November because under Kentucky law someone put on probation can serve up to six months in jail.