Saturday, March 3, 2012

WOMAN NOT GUILTY IN LARCENY DEFENDANT DENIED KNOWLEDGE OF HOME-REPAIR SCAM.(Local)

Byline: Joe Picchi

An Albany County Court jury late Wednesday found a 29-year-old Clifton Park woman not guilty on charges stemming from a home-repair scheme, according to Assistant District Attorney Lawrence P. Wiest.

Before the jury of 10 men and 2 women received the case at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Penny Bennett testified in her own defense that she cashed a check for $1,600 and attempted to cash another check for $3,800 only as a favor to her brother.

The jury returned the verdict at 10:55 p.m. finding Bennett not guilty on charges of second-degree grand larceny and attempted second-degree grand larceny.

Bennett denied ever knowing about the …

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