N.Ky. dental assistant sentenced to 18 months for stealing $250K from employer

FLORENCE, Ky. - A Florence, Ky. woman was sentenced to 18 months in prison Friday for stealing more than $250,000 from her employer and identity fraud.

According to an announcement from the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Sandra Baker, 37, opened a credit card in the name of the dentist’s office in Florence where she worked. She used the card for more than four years before she was caught.

Baker worked as an administrative assistant at the office.

Under federal law, Baker must serve 85 percent of her prison sentence.