WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — A former health aide worker was sentenced Friday for stealing thousands of dollars from the elderly wife of a hospice patient, according to the United States Attorney’s Office (USAO) for the District of Columbia.
Beverly Ochoa, 30, of Derwood, Maryland, was sentenced to one year of supervised probation and 40 hours of community service after pleading guilty in February to first-degree theft.
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According to court documents, on Oct. 1, Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers responded to an elderly couple’s home after $2,600 was reported missing.
An investigation determined the couple had hired two hospice workers from two separate companies to care for the husband…