Bessemer woman sentenced for credit card theft

BESSEMER — A Bessemer woman was sentenced to jail for credit card theft last week.

Karin Marie George, 37, was sentenced to three months in jail and two years probation for stealing/retaining a financial transaction device without consent Wednesday.

George pleaded guilty to the possible 4-year felony in November as part of a plea agreement that had two other illegal use of a financial device charges dismissed at sentencing.

The charges stem from an incident on Aug. 30, Gogebic County Prosecutor Nick Jacobs told the Daily Globe, when George was able to take a picture of someone’s credit card an...