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BANGOR, Maine (AP) – A Milbridge woman pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court Wednesday to embezzling $47,000 from a Cherryfield bank where she worked for just 35 days.

Jessica Beal, 22, faces up to 30 years in prison and a fine of up to $1 million.

Beal stole the money while she was an employee at a Union Trust Company branch where she worked from April 29 to June 2, 2003, according to court documents. Her job included depositing money into the vault and delivering currency from the vault to tellers.

Prosecutors said Beal admitted to an FBI agent that she stole the money to support her husband’s drug habit.

A sentencing date has not been scheduled.

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