Two former employees of Soft Stuff Distributors, a Jessup baked goods company, were caught with their hands in the cookie jar ? and now they?re going to jail.

Howard Circuit Court Judge Dennis Sweeney sentenced Donna Hester, 47, and Brian Mascetti, 45, Friday to 18 months at the Howard County Detention Center for embezzling more than $88,000 from company owners Lois and Bob Gammerman.