DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A Pennsylvania woman has been sentenced to nine to 23 months in prison for stealing more than $80,000 from a bank she managed.

The Bucks County Courier Times (http://bit.ly/2xbQGSc ) reports that 40-year-old Christine Ann Bate of Lower Makefield pleaded guilty to theft and other charges in May.Prosecutors say Bate stole $83,775 from a Wells Fargo branch in Tullytown between 2014 and 2016, falsifying reports and telling workers to ignore the shortages, and seven employees lost their jobs as a result.Bate tearfully said Monday that she began taking money after her then-husband lost his job and she was ashamed to ask for help. She said "I took the easy way out ... In my mind, I was solving a short-term problem, but my actions created a long-term problem."---Information from: Bucks County Courier Times,

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