A Grand Rapids woman is headed to prison for embezzling almost $500,000 from a Clare Business. Brandi Wentworth plead no contest in April to stealing more than $100,000 and to being a habitual offender. The investigation led to the embezzlement at Owens Soft Water in Clare – now Kinetico of Northern Michigan – which began in February 2020! She was sentenced to a prison term of 8 to 30 years.