Carroll gets 7 years for $1.7M state theft

Iowa woman sentenced to 13 years in prison for stealing $1.78 million from South Dakota

Lonna Carroll, of Algona, Iowa, was convicted of stealing millions from accounts for children from South Dakota's Child Protective Services program.

Former state employee sentenced to seven years in prison for stealing $1.8 million

Hughes County Deputy Josh Larson guides Lonna Carroll into the courthouse in Pierre on April 2, 2025. (Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight)A former South Dakota Department of Social Services employee was sentenced Tuesday to seven years in prison after earlier being convicted of stealing $1.78 million in state and federal funds from the department’s division of Child Protection Services. “This jury conviction and sentence confirm that public t…

Former CPS employee will serve 7 years for stealing $1.8M in funds

PIERRE — A former Child Protection Services employee who stole nearly $1.8 million in funding will serve the next seven years in prison. A Hughes County judge on Tuesday, July 1, sentenced 68-year-old Lonna Carroll, of Algona, Iowa, to serve seven years in a state prison facility plus pay restitution. Six additional years in prison were suspended on the condition that she complete her sentence. Carroll was convicted in April by a Hughes County j…

Carroll gets 7 years for $1.7M state theft

This article has been revised to reflect the following clarification: Corroll was sentenced 10 years with five years suspended and credit for 349 days in jail on aggravated grand theft and three years with one year suspended on grand theft. SIOUX FALLS S.D. (KELO) -- The former state employee who stole over $1 million from the South Dakota Department of Social Services was sentenced to seven years in prison Tuesday. Trans couple starts fund…

Former SD Employee Sentenced To Seven Years In Prison For Stealing $1.8 Million

A former South Dakota Department of Social Services employee was sentenced Tuesday to seven years in prison after earlier being convicted of stealing $1.78 million in state and federal funds from the department’s division of Child Protection Services.

Former Social Services employee sentenced to prison for theft of $1.8M

Lonna Carroll. South Dakota SearchlightA former Department of Social Services employee was sentenced to 13 years in prison for stealing $1.8 million from the state’s child foster care program, with six of those years suspended.She was also ordered to repay the money she stole.“This jury conviction and sentence confirm that public trust is not for sale,” said Attorney General Jackley, who spoke for the state at the sentencing. “Stealing from fede…