FROM: HOLLEY CARNRIGHT
DATE: FEBRUARY 22, 2015
RE: PRESS RELEASE – MAUREEN LEGGETT
Maureen Leggett, 53, from Red Hook, pled guilty on Friday, February 19, 2016 in County Court to the class D felony of grand larceny in the third degree.
Leggett working as a bookkeeper in charge of financial matters for a local business in Ulster Park stole a total of $155,594.00 over a period from January 23, 2013 to April 6, 2015. Leggett’s criminal pattern included unlawful use of the business credit card, of the owner’s personal credit card, unlawfully writing checks and depositing the stolen monies into her husband’s account. This is the defendant’s third felony arrest for Grand Larceny and Falsifying Business Records. She was convicted in both 2006 and 2009 for similar schemes.
Leggett is scheduled to be sentenced in Ulster County Court on April 22, 2016. She faces up to 3 ½ to 7 years in state prison. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Jessica Mila Schutzman. Leggett is represented by Mitch Spinac, Esq. and Carol Morgan, Esq. of Kingston.