In May, she was caught shoplifting from a Meijer store. She was sentenced to 12 months of probation, with the matter to be dismissed if she successfully completed probation.

At her sentencing, Gibbs said she was "extremely remorseful," was under an undue amount of stress and apologized to the citizens of Royal Oak.

In an earlier statement, she said: "I obviously was not thinking clearly, and I take full responsibility for my actions. Recently, I had to choose between insulin and food, and I chose the insulin, which helps me stay alive."

Gibbs, a first term city commissioner, at the time of her death was a Republican candidate for Oakland County Board of Commissioners,