Former Callaway County Collector Pamela J. Oestreich pleaded guilty on Monday in federal court to stealing almost $300,000 from taxpayers. U.S. Attorney Tim Garrison said in a press release that Oestreich, 59, of Fulton, could spend between 41 and 51 months in prison according to federal sentencing guidelines. She will also have to repay $279,957 she still owes the county. Oestreich already repaid $19,000 of the total embezzled amount of $299,387. "On more than 100 occasions, this public official stole directly from the people she was elected to represent," Garrison said in a news release...
