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A former San Bruno firefighter who pleaded no contest to felony grand theft after she stole more than $25,000 from a toy drive she operated on behalf of the San Bruno Fire Association was sentenced Monday to three years court probation and 300 hours of public service work, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office.
Because Cloverdale resident Holly Nelson, 54, repaid the $25,583 she stole from a fund dedicated to a toy drive before her sentencing hearing, Judge Donald Ayoob reduced her felony conviction to a misdemeanor and did not assign her additional jail time, according to prosecutors.
As sole operator of the toy drive account, Nelson was found to have made numerous withdrawals from the fund in 2015 and 2016, including ATM withdrawals and checks written to herself. Nelson left the San Bruno Fire Department due to a back injury in 2016, and the transactions were discovered through an audit conducted by the San Bruno Fire Association after her departure, according to prosecutors.
In the some 15 years she worked for the department, Nelson said she was mistreated, harassed and bullied, which fueled her frustration with the department and contributed to her motivation, according to prosecutors.
Nelson will be required to serve her 300 hours of public service in Sonoma County helping victims of last year’s wildfires and provide proof of completion of those hours by Sept. 30, 2019, according to prosecutors.
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