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Source: The Daily Item, Sunbury, Pa.存倉Aug. 12--DANVILLE -- A Northumberland area woman will be spending three months in jail and six months in home confinement for stealing $15,841 from her elderly aunt to use for college tuition for her son.Elizabeth "Betsy" Stump Petersen, 47, of 454 Bulk Plant Road, was also ordered to pay a $100,000 fine. That fine is mandatory for a charge of dealing in proceedings of unlawful activities, according to Judge Gary Norton who sentenced her Monday in Montour County Court. The statute states the minimum fine is $100,000 or twice the amount stolen whichever is greater.In addition to jail time for theft by deception, Norton sentenced her to pay a $500 fine, undergo supervised probation for 15 months and to do 30 hours community service. He also ordered her to pay back the $15,841 stolen.Petersen, who at one time served as executive director of the Danville Area Red Cross and had worked in public relations for a nursing home, will begin serving her sentence at 9 a.m. Aug. 31 in the Columbia County Jail. Montour County doesn't have facilities for women prisoners.Petersen previously pleaded guilty and averted a trial on a day prospective jurors were called in June.For the unlawful activities charge, Norton also imposed a concurrent term of three months in jail and six months' electronic monitoring.For theft, he ordered her to pay a $300 fine and placed her on probation for a two-year concurrent term.Petersen told the judge she "was truly sorry" and planned to pay back the money from her Aunt Elenora Conrad's accounts. Petersen served as a substitute agent power of attorney for her 83-year-old aunt who lived at Nazareth Memory Center in Mahoning Township.Petersen told Norton taking the mone自存倉 was a way to keep her son in school. Her son was attending Susquehanna University at the time. "I am very, very sorry," she said."I've seen a lot of embezzlement cases. It is phenomenal how many people steal money from charitable organizations and every last one of them says they meant to pay it back. I don't know if that's a justification to trigger the money but it isn't coming by osmosis," Norton said.Attorney Clyde Middleton, representing Petersen, said the Petersen home is paid for."A lot say they intended to pay it back but it's a pipe dream," Norton said."There will always be bills," he said.Montour County District Attorney Rebecca Norton noted the age of the victim in the case and that six transactions were made in two months with one failed transaction. "She relied on her niece for power of attorney. The victim owes $12,000 to the nursing home and by the grace of Emmanuel, she hasn't been evicted," Warren said.When asked about her ability to pay for the electronic monitoring program, Middleton said Petersen's husband has a full-time job.Warren said he believed incarceration was necessary. The judge also noted Petersen hadn't paid anything back yet.Middleton said Petersen was trying to obtain a loan to pay back the money but the Petersens don't have a credit history but they do have equity.About September 2011, Petersen assumed control of Conrad's financial affairs through January 2012. Petersen issued checks from Conrad's account at Susquehanna Bank to herself and her husband, depleting Conrad's funds and co-mingled the funds with her own, police said.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Daily Item (Sunbury, Pa.) Visit The Daily Item (Sunbury, Pa.) at .dailyitem.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉新蒲崗