Shawnta Carmon, 32, has been in Northampton County Prison on theft and related charges since Feb. 22, two and a half weeks after Fowler died on Feb. 4 at age 73.
"I never got to say sorry. Not only am I sitting in a jail cell and it's beating me up for what I did, it's beating me up that I never had a chance to explain. I never will," Carmon said today in court.
Northampton County Judge Emil Giordano sentenced Carmon to three to six years in state prison followed by nine years' probation.
Carmon became emotional as she explained to Giordano how she deceived Fowler, who made her mark helping the region's residents with the fortune of her late father, UPS chief executive Harold Oberkotter.
Carmon said she knew Fowler for decades through Fowler's well-known generosity. As a teen, she had been shot in the mouth and Fowler, she said, was the one who donated the money for her life-changing operation to repair the damage. After that, they were like family, Carmon said. Fowler was among the first to hold her four children when they were born, she said.
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Allentown woman sentenced to state prison for betraying 'guardian angel' Marlene Fowler
State prison? I think that's appropriate.
ReplyDeleteDo they ever apologize? I guess they do from time to time, but it's so rare to see a exploiter apologize --and probably rarer for that person to really mean it.
ReplyDeleteI think I've become cynical.
I join in saying "good!"
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