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- Subscribe - Contact Us - Rate Card - Place an Ad Archives Revels Classifieds Real Estate Menu Guide Wedding Weather Subscribe Contact Us October 11, 2005 Ashland woman jailed after pleading guilty to theft By Sarah Lemon For the Tidings Stealing from the state’s Department of Human Services via fraudulent claims for child care has landed an Ashland woman in jail. Laurie Kathryn Stober, 45, of the 900 block of Hiawatha Place, was sentenced Monday to 20 days in jail after pleading guilty in Jackson County Circuit Court to four counts of first-degree theft, a felony. Circuit Court Judge Bill Purdy ordered her to repay more than $14,000 stolen from DHS between 1999 and 2003. Stober routinely filled out DHS vouchers for state-subsidized child care available to low-income families, said Beth Heckert, chief deputy district attorney for Jackson County. Stober claimed her 24- year-old stepdaughter was baby-sitting her two children and received DHS checks made out to the other woman at her residence, Heckert said. Under the DHS program, family members can act as legitimate care providers, Heckert added. Forging her stepdaughter’s signature and signing checks over to herself, Stober cashed 32 DHS checks ranging from $200 to $600, Heckert said. When the Internal Revenue Service queried Stober’s stepdaughter on why she wasn’t reporting income from DHS, the woman said she didn’t baby-sit for Stober and had received no payments, Heckert said. DHS internal investigators alerted the District Attorney’s Office in March 2004. “You don’t accidentally report that someone else did your child care for you,” Heckert said. DailyTidings.com Home Page Archives | Revels | Classifieds | Real Estate Guide | Weather | Subscribe | Contact Us Copyright 2005 Ashland Daily Tidings and Ottaway Newspapers All Rights Reserved Deep Muscle Stimulator Ceramic Piggy Banks FREE Entertainment Guide Women's & Men's Slippers Accelerate Weightloss Products Backpacks Online Pharmacy Vegas Travel Guide Search Engine Optimization Student Loans Hotel & Airline Reservations Hammocks Water Filter Helzberg Diamonds Online Casinos Community Bonus Casino Mortgage Calculator Security Systems Mailing Lists Click Here Advertisement .:Advertisements:. Site Search: RESOURCES - Mail Tribune News - ODOT Road Cams