Press Releases
03/23/2023
Wethersfield Woman Charged With Scamming Public Assistance Program
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Rocky Hill, CT) – A Wethersfield woman has been arrested and charged with stealing $2,843 from a program financed by the Connecticut Department of Social Services.
Terri Gaston, age 60, was arrested by Inspectors from the Statewide Prosecution Bureau of the Office of the Chief State's Attorney on March 21, 2023 on a warrant and charged with Larceny in the First Degree in violation of Connecticut General Statutes §53a-122.
According to the arrest warrant affidavit, Gaston received $2,843 in benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that she was not entitled to receive from February 2022 to December 2022 because she failed to report earned income that she received, which had she done so, she would have been ineligible to receive SNAP benefits during this time period. Gaston appeared today in New Britain Superior Court, G.A. No.15, where her case was continued to May 5, 2023.
The charges are merely accusations and Gaston is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
The Connecticut Department of Social Services investigative division submitted the arrest warrant application for Gaston’s arrest. The case is being prosecuted by Senior Assistant State’s Attorney Susan Hatfield of the Statewide Prosecution Bureau.