Former Middletown treasurer and town manager Rebecca Louise Layman pleaded guilty Wednesday in Frederick County Circuit Court to eight felony counts of embezzling from the town.

Layman, 52, embezzled more than $74,000 between 2019 and 2022 while she was in “sole control” of handling salary payments to town employees, Frederick County Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Heather Enloe said. She will be sentenced next month.

Per the terms of a plea agreement reached by prosecutors and Layman’s attorney, Travis Tull, she must pay $125,000 in restitution to her former employer of nearly 15 years. Enloe indicated that figure more accurately reflects the amount of money Layman stole from the town.

Layman was indicted on the eight embezzlement charges in April 2024 and again on four more counts e

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