7/18/13 - A Fowlerville social worker has had her license suspended as a result of her embezzling conviction last year. In January of 2012, 39-year-old Laura Lynn Turner of Fowlerville was sentenced to five years of probation and almost $120,000 in restitution following her earlier no contest plea to a felony charge of embezzling between $1,000 and $20,000. Three other counts of the same were dropped as part of the deal. On July 9th, almost eighteen months after her conviction, the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs suspended Turnerâs license to practice as a social worker. It says the Public Health Code includes mandatory summary suspension of a health professionalâs license following a felony conviction. The Livingston County Sheriffâs Department says Turner was caught embezzling from the Oakland Livingston Human Services Agency, where she formerly worked as head of the guardianship program, which oversaw clients through the Probate Court. Turner was fired by OLHSA and the program was shut down. (TD)
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