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Judge Adds to Former Lincoln Police Officer’s Prison Sentence

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Cassandra Briggs

(AP) — A judge has given a former Lincoln police officer more prison time.

Cassandra Briggs was sentenced Tuesday to one to two years. She’d pleaded no contest to a felony charge of forgery. She already is serving two to five years for stealing thousands of dollars from the police union’s Santa Cop program.

Briggs had falsely claimed that her ATM card had been stolen while she was in prison. Police say Briggs initially denied knowing anyone in Florida where the two withdrawals were made. She later admitted her mother lives there.

Briggs’ mother told investigators that Briggs had given her the ATM card to help pay for her son’s care while she’s incarcerated.

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