MARSHFIELD, Mo. (KY3) – A choose has sentenced a Marshfield insurance coverage agent accused of defrauding an aged couple.

Lacey Stokes will spend 120 days within the Missouri Division of Corrections, in accordance with courtroom information. If she completes that with out violating phrases of her sentencing, she can be on probation.

The Webster County Prosecutor’s Workplace tells KY3, if Stokes violates phrases of her probation, she might spend one other seven years in jail.

Stokes pleaded responsible final November to a few felony counts of stealing at the least $750. The Webster County prosecutor filed expenses towards her in Might 2021.

An aged couple filed a police report towards Stokes on April 16, 2021. Investigators say the couple paid $5,300 in premiums for auto, farm, dwelling and a cabin and boat dock by means of L Stokes Company. The couple discovered the insurance coverage firm by no means acquired cost for the insurance policies.

An investigator contacted the Missouri Division of Insurance coverage and located an energetic investigation into the enterprise practices of Stokes. The state is investigating 9 instances towards her.

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