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            (MONTGOMERY)—Attorney General Luther Strange today announced the conviction of Jimmie Clements to Theft of Property in the First Degree.  Mr. Clements received a 15 year suspended sentence with 5 years probation.  He will pay $256,000 in restitution to the State of Alabama within 90 days from today as well as court costs, and $100.00 to the Victim’s Compensation Fund.  As part of the plea agreement, the companion case against Dana Clements was dismissed.

            In December of 2009, Mr. Clements and his wife Dana Clements, were each charged with 2 counts of first degree theft and were released from the Lee County Jail on $20,000 bail each, according to jail records.  At today’s plea, the State offered to the Court the following explanation of the crime: