GILLETTE (WNE) — A woman who stole $39,585 in tax money while working at the Campbell County Treasurer’s Office will be asked to pay restitution of $2,500.

Marcella R. Hall, 34, has pleaded guilty to felony theft. The $2,500 figure was arrived at because the county’s insurance company paid all costs of the thefts, minus the $2,500 deductible, according to Campbell County Attorney Ronald Wirthwein.

Under a plea agreement, Hall would serve no prison time; the recommendation is that a three- to five-year sentence will be suspended in favor of three years of supervised probation.

Wirthwein noted that Hall’s level of cooperation in the investigation was “extremely high” and the felony conviction is enough of a punishment. Wirthwein said she didn’t need jail time “and certainly not prison time.”

Investigators told him that “it was their perception that she was actually relieved that it was sort of over,” Wirthwein said.

Hall said she was going through a really hard time both personally and financially when she initially stole money and paid that money back.

But Hall stole money again, “and I just continued to do so,” she said.