News Update: Dancer gets 20-year suspended sentence

Convicted embezzler William Dancer won’t spend time in prison for stealing more than $200,000 from his former employer, Sagle, Idaho-based Independence Home Center Inc., over three years ago.

Friday morning District Court Judge Michael Prezeau gave Dancer a 20-year suspended sentence for three convictions of felony theft by embezzlement, remarking that if not for Dancer’s heart condition, he probably would be facing prison time. In addition, Dancer was ordered to pay the victims $198,698 in restitution.

For more on the developing story, see the Feb. 10 edition of The Western News .