Bonita Davis, 66, of Cincinnati, is the former deputy registrar of the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles office on South Erie Boulevard in Hamilton.
She was indicted in July on two counts of aggravated theft, both third-degree felonies, for allegedly stealing at least $151,500 between May 1, 2010, and May 31, 2015, according to the indictment by a Butler County grand jury.
She pleaded guilty today to one count of aggravated theft before Judge Charles Pater.
The missing money came from the Ohio Deputy Registrar Association, according to Butler County Prosecutor Michael Gmoser. Davis was the treasurer of the association.
Davis still owes $137,000 in restitution, Gmoser told the Journal-News.
She faces a maximum of 36 months in prison and is scheduled to be sentenced in November.
The Hamilton office suddenly closed April 13 and reopened in May with a new deputy registrar and staff of employees at Hamilton Crossing plaza.
Davis resigned the day the office closed. She had been a deputy registrar since October 1992, and her current agency contract was set to expire in 2019, according to BMV spokeswoman Lindsey Bohrer.
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