Crime & Safety

Woman Faces Charges for Stealing $60,000

Greenwich resident is the second suspect charged in theft from a family member.

 

A second suspect—a Greenwich woman—has been arrested in connection with the theft of more than $60,000 from a relative.

According to a Greenwich Police report, Gail Downing Citron, 51,  of 24 Hollow Wood Ln., was arrested Sept. 20. Greenwich investigators had obtained an arrest warrant April 9 charging Citron with first-degree larceny and conspiracy to commit first-degree larceny.

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Citron is charged with stealing "more than $60,000 from a family member," according to the report.

This is this is the second arrest in the theft whi was arrested on the same charges on April 11.

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At the time, police spokesman Lt. Kraig Gray said the theft involved the misappropriation of funds from a family trusts through the writing of checks.

Robert Citron pleaded guilty to a fourth-degree larceny charge July 30 and was received a suspended one-year jail sentence, and two years probation, according to records on the Connecticut Judicial Department's website.

Gail Citron was held in lieu of $100,000 bond and scheduled to appear Sept. 28 in state Superior Court in Stamford.


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