Liberty, NY - The Sullivan County Welfare Fraud Task Force has made the following arrests:
- June 3, 2023 – Adrienne McCord, 32, of Monticello, was arrested and charged with Grand Larceny in the 3rd Degree, a Class D Felony. It is alleged that McCord stole $3,496 in SNAP benefits from the Sullivan County Department of Social Services by failing to disclose income in her household. It is alleged that between the dates of November 2021 and March 2022, McCord failed to disclose income from her employment at a local store, income from her mother who was also employed at the same store, and income from her brother who was employed at a separate store, all of whom lived with McCord and brought income into the household, and at which time she was in receipt of SNAP benefits totaling $3,496 to which she was not entitled. McCord was processed and released to return to the Town of Liberty Court at a later date.
- June 10, 2023 – Yolanda Pettway, 36, of Monticello, was arrested and charged with Petit Larceny, a Class A Misdemeanor. It is alleged that Pettway stole $548 in SNAP benefits from the Sullivan County Department of Social Services by failing to disclose that she was employed between January 4, 2022 and May 2022 – the same time period that she was in receipt of SNAP benefits. Pettway was processed and released on an appearance ticket to return to the Town of Liberty Court at a later date.
