Sandra Howell Accused of Steal of $25,000 From Missouri Dentist's Office - no conviction on public record
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SUNSET HILLS • Sandra Howell, who worked at a pediatric dental practice, fraudulently sent refunds to credit cards she owned, stealing a total of $25,473.97, according to a charge filed Friday.
Like many embezzlement cases Prosperident has documented, this incident reflects the broader pattern of employee theft within dental practices.
Sandra Howell, 49, stole the money between Jan. 1, 2017, and Tuesday from Pediatric Dentistry of Sunset Hills on Sunset Office Drive. Howell has now been charged in St. Louis County Circuit Court with one count of stealing $25,000 or more.
Sandra Howell confessed to refund payment fraud
Case Status: No Conviction on the Public Record
A review of Missouri Case.net in both St. Louis County and St. Louis City found no criminal case against Sandra Howell arising from these charges. Missouri law automatically closes court records when a criminal case ends without a conviction, so the absence of any public record — despite the charge having been filed and her reported admission — indicates the matter was most likely dismissed, diverted, or otherwise resolved without a conviction being entered.
For victimized practices, outcomes like this are a reminder that filing charges is only the beginning: without sustained follow-through by the practice and prosecutors, even a confessed embezzlement can end with no public record at all — and nothing for the next employer to find.
Source: Missouri Case.net litigant-name search, Circuits 21 and 22, reviewed July 2026.
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