BUFFALO N.Y. (WIVB) -- An Allegany County woman was arrested after allegedly stealing close to $30,000 in pension checks, officials announced Friday.
Linda Burrows, of Fillmore, N.Y., allegedly stole $29,893 in state pension checks that were sent to her deceased stepfather.
Burrows' mother was a former custodian for the Yorkshire Pioneer Central School District. After she died in 2019, her pension went to Burrows' stepfather. After he died in 2020, the payments should have stopped, but Burrows allegedly signed checks in his name over the next 23 months and deposited them in a joint account.
She allegedly spent $8,752 of that money at various casinos.
Burrows was charged with the following crimes:
An arraignment hearing has been scheduled for Dec. 12.
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