Central Pa. lawyer who stole $6.3M doesn’t deserve a ‘compassionate’ early release from prison over COVID-19 fears, feds say Updated 3:04 PM; Facebook Share A former central Pennsylvania lawyer who embezzled $6.3 million from more than 30 clients doesn’t need or deserve to be released from prison early due to medical issues and her fear of contracting COVID-19, federal prosecutors are contending. Instead, Wendy Weikal-Beauchat should keep serving the remaining half of the 15-year federal prison sentence she received for her crimes in 2014, Assistant U.S. Attorney Samuel S. Dalke argu...