Amber Woody |
Henrico Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney Michael S. Huberman said the 84-year-old target lost in excess of $130,000 over several months to the women who befriended him in the West End Manor neighborhood and pleaded for money.
Richmond resident Crystal Marie Wells, 33, who played a minor role in the case posing as a drug counselor, was sentenced to serve eight months in jail Thursday. Her co-defendant, Amber Woody, 30, who lived across the street from the victim, was sentenced to seven years in prison last month, more than double the high end of sentencing guidelines.
The victim, who is not
identified at his family’s request, had lived alone in the home where
he’d lived for decades and raised a family.
Woody’s four children are
now in foster care, Huberman said, an ironic twist to what Woody had
claimed she needed money to avoid.
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Two Henrico women convicted of defrauding 84-year-old neighbor
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2 comments:
The only way to stop fraudsters is to heighten the sentencing.
Neighbors need to watch out for old people, not exploit them. Family has to be constantly vigilant.
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