Micanopy woman sentenced to one year in prison, 13 years of probation for stealing over $100,000 from employer
Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Kari Lynn Adams, 51, of Micanopy, has been sentenced to one year and seven days in state prison, followed by 13 years of probation, after pleading to grand theft over $20,000. She is also required to pay restitution of over $139,000.
Adams was arrested on March 22, 2024, and charged with making unauthorized personal expenses on credit cards belonging to her employer, the Hampton Inn in Alachua, along with giving herself unauthorized bonuses.
According to the arrest report, “Adams treated herself to lavish dining experiences all over the state of Florida, spending over $2,800 just within 2022 alone.” She also allegedly spent over $33,000 at Bass Pro Shops, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Sam’s, Lowes, Northern Tool Online, Ace Hardware, Home Depot, and Rural King.
Adams entered an open plea to grand theft over $20,000 in exchange for a fraud charge being dropped; according to the plea agreement, the maximum sentence for the charges is 15 years in state prison. Judge David Kreider sentenced her to one year and seven days in state prison, followed by 13 years of probation. She was ordered to pay restitution of $100,000 to an insurance company and $39,436 to her employer.
Sounds like the restitution should have been doubled, just to teach “her”(?) a well deserved lesson.
Why did you put her in quotes?
donald will give this Giant Pink faced lady , a full pardon
Your TDS is showing again. Time to put your pink lady parts hat on and go outside and scream at the sky.
““Adams treated herself to lavish dining experiences all over the state of Florida, spending over $2,800 just within 2022 alone.”
Well….judging by her mugshot it’s not too hard to see where all the ‘proceeds’ ended up?
kind of hard to pay restitution from prison, whats that pay an hour? oh right NOTHING which is also what she will make after she gets out later as an x-con good luck collecting that judgement I’m still waiting on one much smaller but no luck collecting
She was trying to live up to the standards of the grazing buffalo on “The View.”
This is my wife Y’all better watch how y’all
You poor thing. How long have you been blind?
How are u ok with this? Ur wife is 51 years old and should be a better human – rather than stealing all this money. If I was u I would divorcing her but guessing she spent some of this money on u to make u not want to leave. She deserves to go away for longer than a year. Not sure how she expects to pay all the money back because when her ass gets out of jail no company or anywhere is going to hire her with a record like that