Minards Sentenced After Pleading Guilty to Two Felonies

LANSING – Today, Robert Minard, 48, and Anné Minard, 38, both of Bath Township, were sentenced by Judge James Jamo of the 30th Circuit Court in Ingham County to a 6-month delayed sentence and 36 months of probation, announced Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. Each pled guilty to two felony charges pursuant to a plea agreement. The Minards are additionally required to pay full restitution for amounts owed to the Michigan Department of Treasury.  

The Minards were charged in December of 2023 with multiple felonies, including conducting a criminal enterprise, for their role in allegedly misappropriating funds from three non-profit organizations and two political action committees tied to former Speaker of the House Lee Chatfield.  

Robert Minard pled guilty in November to one count of larceny by false pretenses - $20,000 or more but less than $50,000 for stealing funds from Working Together for a Better Michigan, an independent political action committee, and the political candidates that Working Together for a Better Michigan was supposed to be assisting and one count of filing a false tax return. Anné Minard pled guilty in October to one count of embezzlement - $1,000 or more but less than $20,000 - from a non-profit or charitable organization for embezzling funds from the Peninsula Fund and one count of filing a false tax return.  

As a condition of the plea agreements, the Minards have agreed to provide truthful testimony in future hearings.