A Coquille woman who stole more than $10,000 from a fund for graduating high schoolers could face up to three years in prison, when she is sentenced in Coos County court next month.

“She can get anywhere from probation to prison time. It will all be decided by the judge,” said Coos County District Attorney R. Paul Frasier.

In Judge Michael Gillespie’s courtroom, Gwendolyn Sherbondy pleaded guilty Friday morning to one count of first-degree aggravated theft. She acknowledged that she took money from the Coquille High School Project Graduation Fund for the class of 2009.

“The judge asked her if the allegations were true and she said, “Yes,” Frasier said, describing Sherbondy’s attitude as somber. “She was very quiet.”

Restitution also will be discussed at the sentencing hearing on Monday, Nov. 9.

“We’ll certainly be asking for it,” he added.

The DA wasn’t sure why Sherbondy decided to enter a plea on Friday. The matter would have been reviewed in a three-day, 12-person jury trial beginning Nov. 3.

Public defender Ronald Cox said he wasn’t authorized by his client to comment on her plea.

“Hopefully things will become clear at the sentencing,” he said.

The 46-year-old also faces one federal count of bank robbery in connection with the Feb. 24 heist of a Roseburg Wells Fargo Bank. She is set to appear in U.S. District Court in Eugene on the charge at 9 a.m. Tuesday.

Federal agents arrested Sherbondy in March, after searching her Coquille home and charged her in the bank robbery case. The FBI has said she also is a person of interest in three other bank robberies, including one at Washington Federal Savings Bank in Lincoln City in September 2008. She has not been charged in those cases.

Frasier said federal prosecutors asked that Sherbondy remain out of custody until after Tuesday so she can make her day in district court without a writ and a ride from federal marshals.

“She has to get herself up to Eugene on Tuesday,” he said.

The state would not necessarily have taken Sherbondy into custody pending sentencing, Frasier added. She has made all required appearances and is not considered a flight risk.