Former Show Low Fire District Chief Ben Owens will pay $124,656 in restitution to the SLFD after pleading guilty to three felonies in connection with his daughter-in-law Natalie Bingham. Bingham stole about $1.8 million when she was district administrative manager, an amount likely to be the largest embezzlement from a special taxing district in Arizona history. According to the Arizona Auditor General’s Office, she embezzled a little less than $1.8 million in 474 checks written to herself, Owens (her father-in-law) and her fianceé. Owens was the Show Low fire chief for 15 years, from 1998 to 2012, when he retired June 30 of that year.