Eagle Butte woman pleads guilty to embezzling from Cheyen River tribe

Twenty-four-year-old Miranda Walters was accused of stealing more than $3,000.

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — An Eagle Butte woman has pleaded guilty in federal court to embezzling from the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Telephone Authority.

Twenty-four-year-old Miranda Walters was accused of stealing more than $3,000.

U.S. Attorney Brendan Johnson says Walters faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine when she is sentenced July 17.

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