Michelle Allen, who previously pleaded guilty to Theft and Misapplication of Fiduciary Property, was sentenced to 12 years in prison, and ordered to pay $246,380.75 in restitution by the Honorable 81st Judicial District Judge Lynn Ellison. Allen asked for mercy and requested probation, while our office asked for the maximum 20 years in prison. Allen destroyed our victims’ business, but also violated their trust as employers and friends. We hope her prison sentence will provide some sense of justice and closure. The case could not have been prosecuted without the persistent work of Chief Bruce Richey and his staff at the La Vernia Police Department, as well as my dedicated prosecutors, Marc Ledet and Lorena Whitney.
