OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) - A Clackamas County judge has sentenced the former bookkeeper for the Estacada Fire District to more than 10 years in jail for embezzling $1.9 million in hundreds of transactions.

The bookkeeper, 60-year-old Pamela Rowley-Butcher, had been with the district for 24 years.

Investigators say they believe she used the money for cars, insurance, medical bills and college tuition for relatives.

She was ordered to pay restitution and has turned over her house and savings and agreed to cash in her retirement account.

Fire Chief Allen Hull said further investigation might have revealed theft closer to $3 million.

Investigators say the money was stolen in some 900 fraudulent transactions over nine years.

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