An Andover woman has been spared prison time after she stole more than $40,000 from an elderly woman she was supposed to be taking care of. In Allegany County February 8th, Judge Thomas Brown sentenced Laraine Kitchen, 56, to five years probation. She was also ordered to make restitution in the amount of $50,545.90. Kitchen pleaded guilty to grand larceny although she had originally faced several other counts. According to a court report from the District Attorney's Office,
"while taking care of an elderly woman" in September 2016, Kitchen
"stole over $40,000 cash from her checking and savings accounts. Kitchen then
wrote checks and cashed them, spending the money. When she faced arrest for the
Grand Larceny charges, she stole the victim's van and fled to Texas and was
ultimately arrested in Pennsylvania."
