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Former Montco fire company treasurer pleads guilty to taking money

SCHWENKSVILLE A Schwenksville man pleaded guilty Wednesday to taking about $250,000 from the coffers of an Upper Gwynedd nonprofit fire company while he was serving as its treasurer.

SCHWENKSVILLE A Schwenksville man pleaded guilty Wednesday to taking about $250,000 from the coffers of an Upper Gwynedd nonprofit fire company while he was serving as its treasurer.

Ronald Kenneth Nolan, 62, admitted to four of the seven counts against him, including to three theft charges, said Norristown defense attorney Timothy Woodward.

The pleas were not part of a deal with prosecutors, Woodward said.

The Montgomery County District Attorney's Office said Nolan took the money between 2006 and 2012. He took about $116,000 in cash from bank accounts, and also used the credit cards linked to the fire company to pay for vacations to Miami, Reno, Jamaica and China. He also used company money to pay some of the costs of his daughter's 2006 wedding celebration in Las Vegas.

Nolan, who was released from custody after paying a portion of his $100,000 cash bail, faces a prison term of 9 to 16 months, according to sentencing guidelines. No date for his sentencing was set.

- Carolyn Davis