Vernon woman gets jail time for defrauding residents at local care home
Michelle Hampton was sentenced to 9 months jail for defrauding 26 clients out of thousands of dollars
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Michelle Hampton was sentenced to 9 months jail for defrauding 26 clients out of thousands of dollars
In addition to jail time, the judge ordered the man to submit a sample of his DNA to a national criminal database.
January 14, 2021 - 6:00 AM A 36-year-old street entrenched Vernon woman who, for revenge, set fire to a dumpster behind Nature's Fare after the store asked her not to panhandle, had the mental age of a 10-year-old child. At the Vernon courthouse today, Jan. 13, B.C. Provincial Court Judge Jeremy Guild paused to tell "Jane" (not her real name, see editor's note below) that he meant his comments with no disrespect. "She basically has the intellectual abilities of a 10-year-old," the judge said. "While chronologically she's an adult, intellectually she's not." While sentencin...