Convicted Woman Receives Suspended Sentence For Embezzlement

The former Register of Deeds in Sampson County will not spend any time in jail for embezzlement.

Mae Hargrove Troublefied, 85, of Faison, was convicted of taking more than $4,000 from the Register of Deeds office over a two-year period.

Troublefield resigned in October after the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation began looking into the case.

A judge sentenced Troublefield to a suspended sentence of 13 to 16 months and ordered her to repay the money.

Troublefield resigned last fall after 28 years in office.