The U-S Attorney’s Office for Southern District of Iowa reports a former Shenandoah resident was sentenced Wednesday in Council Bluffs to serve 4-months in prison followed by 4-months of home confinement for her role in the robber of a bank in Fremont County. 40-year old Tiffany Ann Stanley, of Tarkio, MO.,must also serve four years of supervised release for theft by a bank employee.

On June 6, 2013, Stanley pled guilty to the charge which was the result of an investigation conducted into a reported bank robbery of the Great Western Bank of Riverton. On November 17th, 2012, Stanley reported to the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office, that she was forced to give money to a male robber. The  investigation showed that Stanley was not robbed, but reported the robbery to cover her stealing of bank funds during the course of her employment as a teller.

As part of her sentence, Stanley was ordered to pay $25,166.40 in restitution to the Great Western Bank.

The investigation was conducted by the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation , and the case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.