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NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A suburban Philadelphia woman has been sentenced to time served to 23 months in the theft of money through what authorities said was a fraudulent charity fundraising page online. Forty-year-old Traci Kratzer was also ordered Friday in Montgomery County Court to spend five years on probation and do 150 hours of community service. Kratzer pleaded guilty in February to a felony charge of theft by failure to make required disposition of funds received. Authorities said she created an online fundraising page for a friend's husband with pancreatic cancer but kept the money herself. She has already paid the court more than $8,200 in restitution. Kratzer tearfully apologized to the family and former friends, saying the theft stemmed from drug abuse and adding "I can't expect you to ever forgive me."

Woman sentenced in theft of money through charity website