MUSKEGON, MI – A paramedic has been sentenced to jail after pleading guilty to a reduced misdemeanor charge for stealing money a year ago from a deceased patient in the victim's Muskegon home.

Jack Jesse Price, 28, of Ravenna was sentenced Monday, Dec. 15, to 15 days in the Muskegon County Jail, with fees and costs of $575. He pleaded guilty to larceny of less than $200, a misdemeanor, a reduction from the original felony charge of larceny in a building.

Price was charged with stealing $80 in cash from a deceased 55-year-old man, according to the Muskegon County Prosecutor's Office earlier. The alleged theft happened Dec. 19, 2013, on Abbey Street in Muskegon.

Prosecutors said Price was on an ambulance run for Professional Med Team Inc.

John S. Hausman covers courts, prisons, the environment and local government for MLive Muskegon Chronicle. Email him at jhausman@mlive.com and follow him on Twitter.