A former Woodridge school board member was given a 12-month suspended prison term and placed on house arrest after pleading guilty to two counts of grand theft for stealing nearly $100,000 as treasurer of a sorority housing corporation at the University of Akron, prosecutors said.Melissa Wilkinson, 45, of Theiss Road in Cuyahoga Falls, also embezzled more than $5,500 as treasurer of the Junior Women’s Civic Club of Akron, prosecutors said.A spokeswoman for Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh announced the plea deal Thursday afternoon in an email to media outlets after the case was resolved in Common Pleas Court late Wednesday afternoon.As part of the resolution of the case in Judge Judy Hunter’s court, Wilkinson already has made restitution to both organizations, Walsh’s spokeswoman said.Cash and property removed from Wilkinson’s home during a search by University of Akron police also will be turned over to the sorority to recoup losses.Wilkinson’s criminal case was not listed publicly on the Common Pleas Court website in advance of Wednesday’s plea, because she was not indicted or arrested.April Wiesner, Walsh’s chief spokeswoman, said charges were filed in a “bill of information.”This is a method of bringing formal charges against a person in a written accusation by a prosecutor, instead of a grand jury. Wilkinson was elected to the Woodridge school board in November 2005. She was re-elected in 2009, but resigned on July 22 this year because of family and job obligations, according to the district.In a statement accompanying Thursday’s email announcement, Walsh said university police and the university’s internal auditor, Nathan Mortimer, uncovered the theft from the civic club while investigating Wilkinson’s activities as treasurer of the university sorority.“I’m extremely pleased with the work of everyone involved, and I am especially glad that these two organizations are finally able to get their money back,” Walsh said in her statement.Robert A. Incorvati, Wilkinson’s attorney and a former assistant county prosecutor, said he has been working with university and police officials since November “going through the financial situation and trying to get restitution in place.”Wilkinson was in a volunteer position as treasurer of the Beta Tau Housing Corporation of Alpha Delta Pi sorority when the series of thefts occurred between March 2000 and November 2010, prosecutors said.The thefts from the civic club occurred between October 2008 and June 2010, when Wilkinson also served as treasurer.“It’s unfortunate,” Incorvati said. “Obviously, there were errors in judgment over a period of 10 years that really kind of added up for her in a very difficult time with her family situation. She certainly regrets those decisions.”Incorvati said Wilkinson and her husband have been separated for much of the past few years.“That’s been a trying time for her, too, and certainly not that it excuses any of the conduct, or that she’s used that as an excuse,” he said.In addition to the suspended 12-month prison sentence, Hunter gave Wilkinson two years of probation, 120 days of electronically monitored house arrest, 100 hours of community service and ordered a mental-health evaluation.Beacon Journal staff writer John Higgins contributed to this report. Ed Meyer can be reached at 330-996-3784 or at emeyer@thebeaconjournal.com.