Ex-caretaker gets probation for financial abuse

Denise Audrey Sredensek

By Conrad Dudderar

EL RENO – A Yukon woman has received a five-year deferred sentence after pleading guilty to financial abuse by caretaker.

Denise Audrey Sredensek, age 64, had been charged with the felony crime Oct. 16 in Canadian County District Court.

Sredensek, represented by attorney Vonda Wilkins, entered the negotiated plea by video from the Canadian County Jail at a Nov. 21^st court hearing.

Special Judge Erin Jones-Slatev sentenced the defendant pursuant to the plea agreement. She was ordered to pay $7,984.95 in restitution and be supervised by the state Department of Corrections for two years while on probation.

Sredensek took the funds from an elderly resident instead of paying the victim’s nursing home bill when she was entrusted to be his caretaker. The case was filed by Assistant District Attorney Cathryn M. Lind.

“Between June 2024 and February 2025 in Canadian County, I committed financial neglect against the victim, a person in a nursing facility, after being entrusted with his financial caretaking,” according to Sredensek’s signed guilty plea.

After the plea and sentencing, Sredensek was released from custody. She had been booked Oct. 17 into the Canadian County Jail.

Financial abuse by caretaker is punishable by up to 10 years in prison and/or a maximum $10,000 fine upon conviction.

Sredensek’s deferred sentence could be revoked if she commits another crime while on probation.

In February, Yukon police officer Todd Hawthorne was assigned to investigate an elder exploitation report.

“It was reported that the defendant was responsible for making payments to the nursing home where the victim was staying but had not made the last four payments,” the officer wrote in an arrest warrant affidavit. “Your affiant searched through the victim’s bank statements and found approximately $7,948.95 in charges that were not made by the victim or to benefit the victim. These charges were all made after the last payment was sent to the nursing home.”

When speaking with the investigator, Sredensek admitted the recurring charges on the victim’s bank account belonged to her – and she had made cash withdrawals from that account for personal gain.

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