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By Alex McCuaig

Guilty plea

Guilty plea in theft from gun club

Nov 14, 2019 | 1:00 PM

Medicine Hat, AB – A former board member of the city’s rifle club charged with theft over $5,000 from the group entered a guilty plea on Thursday.

Christa Keating, 58, was charged in August by city police after allegations she embezzled an estimated $36,000 from the Medicine Hat Rifle and Revolver Club.

Keating entered a snap guilty plea Thursday morning at Medicine Hat Provincial Court.

Her sentencing date has been scheduled for March 26, 2020 to allow for completion of a pre-sentence report.

Theft over $5,000 comes with a maximum 10-year sentence and often includes at least some custodial time when the crime involves a person in a position of trust and is prosecuted as an indictable offence.

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