No Deal

A judge denied a city woman’s request to lower her $5,000 cash bond Friday in a case alleging she stole money from a woman she worked for as a health aid and conservator.

Audrey Curtis, 45, 256 Riverside Ave., second floor, was arrested Wednesday by Torrington police on a warrant charging her with first-degree larceny.

Ira Mayo, Curtis’ attorney, said his client wants to be released from jail to find a job and make restitution to the victims of her crimes. “She knows these are very serious charges,” Mayo said. “She is working very hard to make this right.”

Senior Assistant State’s Attorney Dawn Gallo said the state had already permitted Curtis some time to make restitution and she failed. “She owes about $81,000,” she said. “She was arrested after a home visit by probation officers and police and found her hiding in a closet to avoid police contact.” Curtis denied hiding from police, claiming she was tending to some kittens that were living in a crawl space in her apartment.

Curtis reportedly admitted to police that while she served as a conservator for a 73-year-old Goshen woman, she liberally used the woman’s bank accounts to pay her own bills and fund a lifestyle that included drugs and gambling.

Curtis is scheduled to return to court on Nov. 6.

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