Woman to serve prison time for forgery

A woman who admitted to stealing about $40,000 from a local construction company will serve time in prison.

Janette M. Klapel, 34, of Rock Springs, recently appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Nena James at a change of plea and sentencing hearing to 31 counts of felony forgery charges and four counts of felony theft charges.

In exchange for Klapel’s guilty plea to three felony forgery charges and two felony theft charges, all of the other felony charges were dismissed.

Klapel was given a 3-to-10 year prison sentence for one theft and two forgery charges to be served in the Wyomi...