Lebanon man sentenced to one year in prison for tornado fraud

A federal judge today sentenced Shane Ellis, 37, Lebanon, to one year and one day in prison for a disaster fraud charge connected with the May 22, 2011, Joplin Tornado.

Ellis claimed he lived in a home at 2115 Virginia that was hit by the tornado when, in fact, that was not his residence.

According to court records, after his prison sentence, Ellis will be on supervised probation for five years and will have to make restitution in the amount of $30,200.

He has to surrender himself to go to prison by 12 noon Jan. 27.