Assisted living facility Owner pled guilty to embezzling from elderly patient

Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran, Jr. announced yesterday that Lynette Dudley Richardson, an owner of an assisted living facility in Baltimore County, pled guilty to embezzling more than $5,000 from and elderly woman suffering from dementia. Baltimore County Circuit Court Judge Thomas J. Bollinger sentenced Richardson to two years in jail, suspending all but 11 days and placed her on three years probation. The court ordered two special conditions of probation: Richardson must repay $5,280 and she may not own, run or operate an assisted living facility while on probation.

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