CLARION CO., Pa. (EYT) — An area woman is facing a plea hearing today in Clarion County Court of Common Pleas on felony charges for food stamp fraud.
Court documents indicate 31-year-old Deborah S. Wittig, of Bruin, Butler County, Pa., is scheduled to stand for a plea hearing in front of President Judge Sara J. Seidle-Patton at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 20.
Wittig was charged with the following offenses:
– Fraud Obtain Foodstamps/Assistance, Felony 3 (two counts)
– Fraud Obtain Foodstamps/Assistance, Misdemeanor 1
She is currently free on $10,000.00 unsecured bail.
The charges stem from an investigation into a report of assistance fraud.
Details of the case:
According to a criminal complaint filed on December 5, 2019, a Pennsylvania Office of State Inspector General investigation found that Deborah S. Wittig obtained $10,238.00 in Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits by knowingly and intentionally failing to report to the Department of Human Services (DHS) her husband’s income during a period of time from March 1, 2015, though June 2016, and from July 1, 2016, through April 30, 2018, in Monroe Township, Clarion County.
According to court documents, the charges were filed against Wittig through Magisterial District Judge Timothy P. Schill’s office on Thursday, December 5.
