Former Millsboro Library Director Sentenced in Theft Case
Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Thursday, July 24, 2008
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Tag-A-Palooza 2024
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Office of the Marijuana Commissioner: Licensing Lottery
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New Housing Vouchers for Delaware Families
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National Slow Down Move Over Day Observed as Delaware Sees Near Record Crashes
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Burning Ban
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Potassium Iodide Distribution on October 24 in Townsend
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Governor Carney Statement on Honorable James T. Vaughn, Jr.’s Passing
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Fire Prevention Month 2024
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15 DNREC Programs to Participate in UD’s Annual Coast Day
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Governor Carney Vetoes House Bill 140
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Emergency Sirens Test on October 1
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Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Checkpoint Enforcement Results
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Governor Carney Orders Lowering of Flags
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Fire Commission Groundbreaking Ceremony
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DUI Checkpoint Enforcement
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Family Emergency Preparedness Day on September 14 for National Preparedness Month
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Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Thursday, July 24, 2008
Wilmington, DE – Today, Attorney General Beau Biden announced that former Millsboro Library
Director Cheryl Scheffel pled guilty in Sussex County Superior Court on July 16, 2008 to multiple
offenses, including theft of $168,326.39 from the Millsboro Library.
“This ruling sends a clear message to those who would steal from Delaware’s taxpayers that
theft of public funds will not be tolerated,” stated Attorney General Joseph R. Biden, III.
Scheffel pled guilty in Sussex County Superior Court before Judge T. Henley Graves to one
count of Theft over $100,000, four counts of Forgery 2nd Degree, and one count of Falsifying Business
Records. She was ordered to pay $168,326.39 in restitution to the Millsboro Library. She has been
ordered to serve 10 consecutive weekends at a Violation of Probation Center, beginning the weekend
of July 25, 2008, and to serve 14 years of probation. Scheffel was also ordered to continue treatment
with a gambling therapist, to have no contact with any gambling establishment, and to provide proof of
self-barring from any gambling facility in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and Philadelphia.
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Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Thursday, July 24, 2008
Wilmington, DE – Today, Attorney General Beau Biden announced that former Millsboro Library
Director Cheryl Scheffel pled guilty in Sussex County Superior Court on July 16, 2008 to multiple
offenses, including theft of $168,326.39 from the Millsboro Library.
“This ruling sends a clear message to those who would steal from Delaware’s taxpayers that
theft of public funds will not be tolerated,” stated Attorney General Joseph R. Biden, III.
Scheffel pled guilty in Sussex County Superior Court before Judge T. Henley Graves to one
count of Theft over $100,000, four counts of Forgery 2nd Degree, and one count of Falsifying Business
Records. She was ordered to pay $168,326.39 in restitution to the Millsboro Library. She has been
ordered to serve 10 consecutive weekends at a Violation of Probation Center, beginning the weekend
of July 25, 2008, and to serve 14 years of probation. Scheffel was also ordered to continue treatment
with a gambling therapist, to have no contact with any gambling establishment, and to provide proof of
self-barring from any gambling facility in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and Philadelphia.
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