A former Manchester hospital official was sentenced Tuesday to two years of informal probation for helping a colleague who stole thousands of dollars from their workplace. 55 year old Michael Briggs, a former Regional Medical Center system fund and development director, was sentenced in Iowa District Court of Delaware County after previously pleading guilty to a charge of accessory after the fact. Briggs and 63 year old Lonnie Butikofer, the hospital’s former CEO, both initially were charged with first-degree theft for their roles in the crime. Both men were arrested in 2019 after an investigation showed that they accumulated nearly $280,000 in expenses not found to be on RMC business.. About $23,000 of the stolen funds were found to be tied to personal business and trips that Briggs took. Butikofer pleaded guilty to the charge in 2019 and was sentenced to two to five years of probation.