Little Rock woman convicted of financially defrauding elderly woman

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A Little Rock woman was convicted on Tuesday of abusing an adult by stealing an elderly woman’s money.

Attorney General Tim Griffin said 27-year-old Heather Shofner pleaded guilty to felony abuse of an endangered or impaired adult after getting access to an elderly woman’s banking information and stealing her money.

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Griffin said Shofner was sentenced to one year in jail and a suspended sentence of two years in the Arkansas Department of Corrections. She was also ordered to complete a drug treatment and rehabilitation program and pay $454.31 in court costs and restitution.

The conviction was the result of a unit in his office, Griffin said…

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