A former Freeborn County Sheriff’s Office employee was sentenced to five years probation Monday for stealing money from the department.

Freeborn County District Court Judge Steve Schwab ordered Kelley Ann Davenport, 37, to pay restitution of $3,705, plus a fine of $500 and court costs of $80.

This included restitution for all four of her original charges, though she only pleaded guilty to one count of felony theft. Davenport entered her guilty plea in August.

According to court documents, Davenport started with the civil processing area of the Sheriff’s Office in 2007 but resigned in February 2010 amid the allegations of misconduct.

Authorities say she took a series of checks made payable to the Sheriff’s Office and cashed them for her own use.

Court records state when Davenport was employed with the department she managed the accounting books for the Sheriff’s Office.

She also was involved with making periodic deposits of accumulated cash with the Freeborn County Treasurer’s Office or of checks received for copies of records or services at US Bank of Albert Lea.

Freeborn County Sheriff Bob Kindler worked in the department but was not the sheriff at the time.

As part of the sentence Monday, Schwab also ordered Davenport, who now lives in North Dakota, to obtain and maintain full-time employment, to comply with random testing and to abstain from mood-altering chemicals.