The former county employee who served as county health nurse for more than five years was in court Friday to ask the court to reduce the $25,000 restitution she was ordered to pay as part of her sentencing agreement in September. Rebecca Lohmiller was convicted of practicing medicine without a license and fraud. She was sentenced to in-home detention, but refused to wear the monitoring bracelet at first. She was sentenced to 90 days in the Indiana Department of Correction, which she served without incident.

Facing another hearing to discuss the latest issue presented by Lohmiller, Carroll County Prosecutor Tricia Thompson struck a deal with defense attorney Anne Briggs. The agreement was that Lohmiller would serve less time on supervised probation after she completes the remainder of her sentence, without a violation. Her time spent in the Department of Correction will be deducted from the time she has yet to serve on inhome detention. Lohmiller will pay more restitution than previously ordered. However she will be allowed to leave the country and live in Mexico after completing in-home detention.

Lohmiller was ordered by Special Judge Linley Pearson to pay $40,000 restitution to the county clerk by Oct. 1, 2008, which is $15,000 more than she agreed to pay at the September sentencing. She was ordered to serve one year on informal probation and will be allowed to move to Mexico. Lohmiller will be allowed to contact her probation officer by telephone or E-mail.

"Both parties agreed that this was the best resolution for all remaining issues," Thompson said after the Friday hearing.

Pearson issued a stern warning to Lohmiller after accepting the agreement.

"I don't want to be back here for a different sentence," he emphasized to the convicted felon.