Minister sentenced for stealing wedding gifts

By Associated Press

Summary

Shey-Rima Silveria married Kitty and Shawn Sonnenschein in their Portland back yard with 75 to 100 guests present. She then took home a stack of Home Depot gift cards the couple had requested for remodeling their kitchen.

Story Published: Nov 6, 2008 at 8:08 PM PST

Story Updated: Nov 21, 2008 at 4:15 AM PST

Minister sentenced for stealing wedding gifts

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A minister who married a couple in 2007 then stole $1,500 of their wedding gifts has been fined and sentenced to two years bench probation.

Shey-Rima Silveria married Kitty and Shawn Sonnenschein in their Portland back yard with 75 to 100 guests present. She then took home a stack of Home Depot gift cards the couple had requested for remodeling their kitchen.

The couple met Silveria, then of Newberg, through Craigslist.

Portland police spotted her on a surveillance tape using some of the cards in Sherwood.

She mailed in her plea from her new home in Washington and was ordered to pay $1,500 in restitution and a $300 fine.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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