In-Home Healthcare Worker Sentenced To Prison
LOCK HAVEN – Clinton County District Attorney Dave Strouse announced today, May 21, 2024, that Britney Hostrander, 28, of Williamsport, was sentenced on Tuesday morning to a maximum term of 84 months of supervision, with the first 9 months in Clinton County Correctional Facility, and an additional 6 months on house arrest.
Hostrander was sentenced by Clinton County Court of Common Pleas Judge Michael F. Salisbury on 1 count of Access Device Fraud (F3), 2 counts of Identity Theft (F3), and 2 counts of Financial Exploitation of an Older Adult (M1).
Hostrander had been charged by Pine Creek Sgt. Denny Gill after a 76-year-old McElhatten woman and her 80-year-old husband discovered a series of unusual purchases on their credit cards. Sgt. Gill was able to track the credit cards to Hostrander, who used them to purchase items for her vehicle and to pay off her costs and fines in a separate criminal case in Mifflin County.
Prior to sentencing, Hostrander provided a written apology letter to the victims and paid full restitution. Despite her efforts and her plea for a probation sentence, Judge Salisbury imposed a period of incarceration and a lengthy period of supervision. As a special condition, Hostrander is prohibited from any form of employment that involves providing services to older individuals after a pre-sentence investigation revealed that she had obtained new employment with another in-home care company while her criminal charges were pending.
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