Atty Charged for Not Reporting Crimes by Her Employee

A Tuscaloosa attorney was charged [5/12/11] by federal prosecutors to a charge of withholding and concealing information on a crime that involved a law clerk in her office using the credit cards of an elderly client who suffered from dementia.

Zondra Hutto also entered into a plea agreement to the charge, according to federal court records.

Hutto, 61, had been appointed in September 2007 by Tuscaloosa County Probate Court as temporary guardian to a 79-year-old woman who suffered dementia, delusion disorder, and paranoia and required nursing home care, according to Hutto's plea agreement. Between Sept. 28, 2007 and April 18, 2008, a male employee in her office, whose work included clerical duties, used the elderly woman's debit card and a department store card to make purchases totaling $19,358.

Purchases included paying for two plane tickets and a trip to a resort in Mexico, and a Coach designer purse that the employee gave to Hutto as a Christmas present in 2007.

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Tuscaloosa Attorney Charged For Not Reporting Crimes by Her Employee