Worker accused of stealing $25,000 from Missouri dentist’s office

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SUNSET HILLS • A woman 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.

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.

According to court documents, she confessed to her employer and then to police, admitting to fraudulently crediting the refunds to four credit cards belonging to her. She said she stole the money to pay medical bills.
Howell’s bail was set at $25,000.