SUNBURY — A Montandon caretaker will report back to Northumberland County Jail subsequent week after a county decide shocked the lady with the sentence for what police mentioned was her function in mixing rodent poison and tobacco into the cigarettes of an aged couple from West Chillisquaque Township practically 4 years in the past.
On Friday, in entrance of Northumberland County Decide Hugh Jones, Tina Marie Younger, 41, was sentenced to as much as 5 years in jail however mentioned the lady was eligible for quick parole.
Younger pleaded responsible throughout three consolidated circumstances to 3 felony counts: felony try and commit aggravated assault, forgery and entry system fraud.
The victims, Cheryl and Albert Mench, have since died as a result of unrelated causes.
Younger’s lawyer, Kyle Impolite, of Williamsport, instructed the decide he believed his consumer was going to be launched after sentencing and start serving her parole and probation.
Jones listened and mentioned Younger should report back to jail, after which she might apply for quick parole.
Younger wept as Jones delivered the sentence.
Younger pleaded responsible to placing rodent poison to trigger severe bodily harm to Cheryl Mench on June 13, 2019, forging a verify on June 5, 2019, and taking cash from the lady’s account between Aug. 23 and Could 30, 2019. Cheryl Mench was 73 and Albert Mench was 80 on the time of the incident.
The victims instructed troopers on June 14, 2019, that Younger, their in-home well being assistant, solid the couple’s signatures and cashed a verify within the quantity of $2,500. When confronted, Younger requested the lady to not press expenses and she or he would pay them again, police mentioned.
Police mentioned Younger additionally used the couple’s financial institution card to pay for $1,482 in cellphone payments, automobile insurance coverage, a cellular storage unit, objects at Walmart and Weis and a aircraft ticket for her daughter to fly from Florida to Williamsport.
Assistant District Lawyer Leslie Bryden represented the commonwealth within the case.
