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flag A New Jersey bookkeeper stole $293K from two churches over six years and was given probation instead of jail.

flag A 61-year-old New Jersey woman, Melissa Rivera, avoided jail after admitting to stealing about $293,000 over six years as a bookkeeper for two Catholic churches in Morris County. flag She wrote 137 checks from one parish and three from another between 2018 and 2024. flag Prosecutors recommended nearly a year in prison, but on September 21, 2025, Judge Robert Hanna sentenced her to five years of probation and ordered monthly repayments of $800. flag The case contrasted with a separate theft in Union County, where a synagogue bookkeeper was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for a larger theft involving complex fraud schemes.

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