A FORMER LEGAL SECRETARY IS HEADED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR STEALING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FROM HER EMPLOYER IN ABINGDON, VIRGINIA. U.S. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE JAMES JONES WENT ABOVE THE GUIDELINES WHEN HE SENTENCED ANNA LAURA HOWELL TO THREE YEARS BEHIND BARS AFTER SHE PLED GUILTY TO A SIMILAR OFFENSE JUST OVER TWO YEARS AGO. SHE STILL OWES NEARLY 16-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN RESTITUTION TO JESSEE AND READ, THE LAW FIRM THAT EMPLOYED HER AS WELL AS THE FIRM’S INSURANCE COMPANY. SHE HAS ALREADY PAID OVER 35-THOUSAND DOLLARS.