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Lauren Stone had a criminal record out of state prior to her criminal case in Texas.
No. 58-CC-2012-000063
Lauren Nicole Heflin Stone
January 2012
Indicted
December 2010 through July 2011 [Stone] knowingly obtain[ed] or exert[ed] unauthorized control over $47,069 … U.S. Currency and/or checks, the property of Windwood Farms.
April 2014
Stone accepted a deal and pleaded guilty to misdemeanor theft. She was sentenced to a suspended one-year jail sentence and two-years unsupervised probation.
Stone was ordered to pay back $48,481 to her victims in the case.
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