PARIS — An Andover woman, who was convicted last November on welfare fraud and placed on probation for two years, pleaded guilty Wednesday in Oxford County Superior Court to violating probation.
Susan M. Jamison, 27, was sentenced by Justice Robert W. Clifford to serve seven days of her suspended two-year sentence in jail.
Jamison was convicted of one count of felony theft and seven counts of felony aggravated forgery. She lied about regularly attending night school and a part-time job so she could obtain mileage and other benefits from TANF and ASPIRE. She also submitted forged car repair bills for reimbursement.
In December 2011, she was sentenced to two years in jail, which were suspended, two years of probation and $8,800 restitution in the Oxford County Superior Court.
On Wednesday, Jamison admitted to Clifford that she had violated that probation by not paying the restitution of $25 a month. She pleaded guilty to the charge.
According to her probation officer, Jamison had only paid $42 in 11 months toward the $8,800. The state asked that Jamison serve 30 days in jail.
Jamison’s lawyer, Ron Hoffman, said his client had been working in Bryant Pond and left that job “due to prevalent drug use” by others and that she’d had problems with drug abuse in the past and didn’t want to subject herself to that again.
He said Jamison is six months pregnant and has been diligently looking for work ever since. He said she has been living with her parents, has no income and recommended that she remain on probation.
Clifford, however, sentenced her to serve a week in jail.
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