Tuesday, January 17, 2012 The Rancho Adobe fire captain who embezzled more than $63,000 from his union to cover personal expenses including a trip to Disneyland and San Jose Sharks season tickets was sentenced Tuesday to a year in county jail.

Michael Scott Bechtold, 39, of Rohnert Park, sobbed as Judge Kenneth Gnoss meted out the punishment for the theft, which occurred over a five-year period while Bechtold was treasurer of the firefighters association.

Bechtold was arrested in October after an investigation revealed he wrote 45 unauthorized checks from the union account between 2006 and last year.

Firefighters became suspicious when he delayed providing the union board with financial audits.

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