Department of Social Services employee pleads guilty to stealing food stamps

Amalia Escalante Barrientos used voucher at Brookings grocery store

The South Dakota Department of Social Services in Pierre. (John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight)

PIERRE — A former Department of Social Services employee has been sentenced after pleading guilty to using a food stamp voucher, intended for low-income families, for personal use.

Amalia Escalante Barrientos, 28, of Brookings, pleaded guilty in Brookings County…