The former coordinator of social services at the Wilbraham Senior Center will agree to repay $50,000 she admits to taking improperly from an elderly client but wants her criminal record clear so she can receive her municipal retirement.Bridget Wallace, 64, of Wilbraham, faces sentencing on Friday in Hampden Superior Court. A prosecutor is also recommending a $10,000 fine and a probationary term.
Wallace admitted in proceedings on Tuesday before Judge Peter A. Velis that she took the money over the course of a year from a man who went to the senior center in 2006 looking for help.
Lawyers said Wallace and the man became friends, and the evidence documented some 100 bank transactions.
It will be up to Velis to decide if he will support a request from Wallace’s defense team to have the charges of larceny by scheme of a person over the age of 60 and attempt to commit a crime continued without a finding so they can be dismissed when she completes a probationary sentence.
The prosecution wants the guilty pleas recorded and for Wallace to complete five years of probation in addition to the repayment and fine.
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Former Wilbraham Senior Center employee Bridget Wallace Admits Taking Money From 90-Year-Old Man
She wants her retirement after stealing from a vulnerable man?
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There she was like the spider waiting on the fly....
ReplyDeleteHow desperate would a person have to be to sink this low?
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