Kristen Soprito also must pay an extra $3,350 for damages associated with not filing club taxes for three years
A Gresham woman who stole $11,000 from a local parent-teacher club must repay the money as well as an additional $3,350 for failing to filing the club's taxes.
Kristen Soprito, 42, has already pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree theft for stealing the money from the Kelly Creek Elementary School Parent-Teacher Club. Her sentence includes 10 days in jail that she has already served, 18 months of probation, 160 hours of community service and continued mental health counseling. 
Gresham police arrested Soprito in June on four counts of first-degree theft following a six-month investigation into allegations that she embezzled nearly $17,000 from the Kelly Creek Parent-Teacher Club's fund between August 2009 and October 2011, but paid about $6,000 of it back before she was caught.
Soprito was the former treasurer of the club, which raises money for extras such as books, computers and field trips that benefit the school. She also served as president for a year.
On Monday, Dec. 17, the club's current treasurer, Jamie Roth, explained to the judge that after the embezzlement was discovered, she also found that Soprito failed to file the club's taxes for three years.
This caused the club's status as a nonprofit organization to be revoked, which costs $850 to reinstate. And the company hired to handle all the paperwork and other duties associated with the reinstatement charged $2,500.
These fees and costs are the cause of her theft and should be covered under restitution, said prosecutor Dennis Shen.
Soprito's attorney, Lisa Ludwig, argued that Soprito shouldn't have to pay the costs because she was just one of four board members responsible for the club's finances. There was an entire parent-teacher club board that had not been functioning according to its bylaws, Ludwig said, calling the board dysfunctional.
Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Youlee Yim You disagreed.
She concluded that Soprito was already stealing from the club in 2009, which is the first year for which Soprito failed to file the club's taxes. Soprito did the same thing in 2010, and again in 2011, when Soprito also lied to Roth, the new treasurer, telling her that she was taking care of the taxes.
The actions were a continuance of her effort to conceal her behavior, You said.
This brings the total amount Soprito owes the club to $14,722.
Roth was relieved by the ruling.
Although Soprito has apologized in court for her actions, she's offered no explanation other than to say it was a dark time in her life, Roth said. The stolen money paid for elaborate birthday parties for Soprito's children, private guitar and sports lessons, and Christmas gifts, Roth said.
So hearing Soprito's attorney blame the other parent-teacher club board members for Soprito's failures as treasurer was frustrating, she said.
She was the president and treasurer at one point, Roth said. So she was half the 'dysfunctional' board.