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| Abigail Wood has been sentenced to 45 months in prison for stealing $340,000 from an elderly woman, exploiting her role as a caretaker. |
By Justin Muszynski
A Sharon woman has been sentenced to prison for bilking more than $300,000 from an elderly woman while she was serving as a caretaker for her.
Abigail Wood, 39, was sentenced to 45 months in prison during a hearing Friday in the Litchfield Judicial District courthouse in Torrington. Her sentence will be followed by three years of probation during which time a violation would expose her to more than six additional years behind bars.
Wood’s sentence came after she pleaded guilty to one felony count of first-degree larceny.
Wood was arrested by Connecticut State Police in April 2021 after an investigation revealed that she, in her role as a caretaker, was misappropriating funds belonging to an 88-year-old Sharon woman, according to court documents.
A financial advisor for the elderly woman contacted her power of attorney to let him know about what appeared to be excessive expenses related to her medical needs, court documents said.
State police then launched an investigation and found that Wood spent
$340,000 of the victim’s money on things like salon visits and
restaurant tabs, according to court papers.
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CT caretaker sentenced to 45 months in prison for stealing over $300K from elderly woman
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