Wyoming News Briefs

Gillette woman’s prison sentence commuted

GILLETTE (WNE) — The prison sentence of a Gillette woman convicted of embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from a homeowners association in the early 2000s has been reduced to time served, making her eligible for release.

Julie A. Jacobsen, 70, had her sentence commuted April 5 and was transferred to the Scotts Bluff County Detention Center in Nebraska after serving just more than 12 years in the Wyoming Women’s Center in Lusk.

In 2011, Jacobsen was sentenced in Campbell County District Court to up to 60 years in prison for 10 felony counts of e...