(Kenosha County Sheriff's Office)
LEASANT PRAIRIE, Wis. — Jan E. Herman, 43, of Pleasant Prairie, was taken into custody Wednesday after Kenosha County Circuit Court Judge Jodi L. Meier rejected a joint sentencing recommendation that would have spared the former Prairie Lane Elementary School PTO president from serving jail time and instead sentenced her to 27 months behind bars for stealing money entrusted to her for children, teachers and school activities.
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Herman was originally charged with six felonies, including theft in a business setting involving more than $10,000 and five counts of unauthorized use of an entity’s identifying information. Assistant District Attorney Vince Kurta agreed to amend those charges to three misdemeanor theft counts after Herman paid restitution in full. Herman pleaded guilty to all three Wednesday, and Meier immediately found her guilty.
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Meier is just pissed she’s prettier than her. What a joke. Enwright got less time. White collar crimes with white collar consequences, I hope she appeals
It is wild Enwright got a lighter sentence. Everything about the court system doesnt make sense
Let’s assume that all criminals are not sentenced to “enough time in jail”.
And that Enright did get a lesser sentence.
Isn’t part of correcting those discrepancies done by increasing sentences for crimes like this ?
Now next time a “school criminal” is caught and sentenced the next judge will look to this case and realize that anything that affects children can be sentenced above or below this standard.
27 months for stealing money.
Each case forward can be decided if it’s worse or not from here.
True, past sentences were not what we wanted but the fix is going forward as we look backwards.
You are ridiculous.
From the stories I’ve read on here about Meier…..I almost don’t doubt she got a heavier sentence because of this.
I’m thankful she ran into a conservative Judge or she would be walking free.
She is a piece of shit for sure. However, 27 months for this is insane when she paid restitution.
Meier is a shitty fucking judge. They all are in Kenosha. They do not realize that a sentence like this doesn’t make them look tougher……it actually makes their everyday light sentences on violent crimes look even worse.
It’s ridiculous that our lauded DA’s office made this plea deal. 6 felonies reduced to 3 misdemeanors? Crazy.
27 months is harsh because she paid restitution? She absolutely should have paid it. And it shouldn’t have just been done because she thought she was gonna get off with no time. She deserves to sit. She stole money from kids, from her own kids school, so she could live the lifestyle she wanted. She wasn’t buying food for the homeless, she wasn’t using it for meds who couldn’t afford it. She was using it for her own personal gain. She walked into court thinking she would walk out and go back to her life. She already got lucky having her felony dropped to misdemeanors. The judges need to be harsher with all their sentencing. Maybe people would stop breaking the law. But this trash absolutely didn’t deserve a lighter sentence.
Shouldn’t have paid the restitution, lesson learned.
That’s crazy. How many scum bags out there will never pay ordered restitution and are walking free. She actually paid and still got 27 months??