Two given probation in fleecing victims

HUNTINGTON A Lesage couple received probation with orders to pay restitution in the alleged fleecing of three incapacitated adults at the woman's home. The separate plea agreements convicted April L. Fairburn, 36, of financial exploitation of an incapacitated adult and co-defendant Brandon P. Williams, 27, of neglecting the same.

The alleged crimes occurred between August 2011 and August 2012 when Fairburn worked as a family adult care provider through the state Department of Health and Human Resources, according to the indictment and information from the agency.

Williams was her significant other, according to a prosecution investigator.

Both entered Kennedy pleas, which allowed for their convictions without any admission of guilt or explanation of their roles in the crime.

Williams' plea also convicted him of attempt to commit a felony, which resolved his role in a wanton endangerment indictment from September 2012.

Cabell Circuit Judge Paul T. Farrell ordered Williams to serve three years probation and pay $4,000 restitution, after suspended a 2- to 4-year prison sentence. Farrell, in suspending a 1-year jail sentence, ordered Fairburn to serve two years probation and restitution.

A March 2013 indictment initially charged the couple with three counts neglect of an incapacitated adult, along with single counts of financial exploitation of an incapacitated adult and conspiracy.

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Two given probation in fleecing victims