{"id":324011,"date":"2026-05-20T04:26:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T04:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/324011\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T04:26:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T04:26:12","slug":"jury-convicts-two-in-theft-from-sanger-businessmans-estate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/324011\/","title":{"rendered":"Jury convicts two in theft from Sanger businessman\u2019s estate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A  couple formerly from Fresno County were found guilty Tuesday of stealing more than $700,000 from the estate of a Sanger businessman.<\/p>\n<p>Gina Abercrombie and her boyfriend, Justin D. Teel, both of Pleasanton in Alameda County, were charged with several felonies, including theft from an elder adult and obtaining money, labor or property by false pretenses. The jury found them guilty of all charges.<\/p>\n<p>Abercrombie and Teal each face a maximum of five years and four months in prison. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for June 29.<\/p>\n<p>Both defendants were taken into custody to await their sentencing. As they were being handcuffed, several of their family members reacted with shock.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, my god, no,\u201d one  said. \u201cI can\u2019t handle this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/news\/local\/article314982387.html\">The three-month trial,<\/a> prosecuted by Senior Deputy District Attorney Lisa Urrizola, delved deep into the  relationship of Fresno County businessman Randy Hansen and his  daughter, Stacy Hansen Dovali,  and stepdaughter, Gina Abercrombie.<\/p>\n<p>Urrizola said she was pleased with the outcome of the trial. \u201cJustice was done for Randy Hansen,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Hansen was a successful entrepreneur who scratched out a tidy fortune following in the footsteps of his father, Emery Carol Hansen, a professional golfer who developed the 18-hole Sherwood Forest Golf Club in 1968.<\/p>\n<p>The Hansens also built a mobile home park and invested in real estate, including homes in Bass Lake and Aptos.<\/p>\n<p>But trouble for the family began in 2017 after Randy Hansen\u2019s wife, Deborah Hansen, died. Deborah Hansen was Abercrombie\u2019s mother.<\/p>\n<p>Urrizola said that soon after Deborah\u2019s death, Abercrombie and  Teel began to make a move on Randy Hansen\u2019s wealth and real estate.<\/p>\n<p>The couple were accused of creating a new trust and taking control of Hansen\u2019s business affairs. Urrizola told the jury that Abercrombie and Teel took advantage of Hansen\u2019s declining health. He was suffering from diabetes, heart disease, prostate cancer and a stroke.<\/p>\n<p>Abercrombrie\u2019s attorney Chuck Smith said during trial that  Hansen loved both of his daughters, but  Abercrombie became a much bigger part of his life than  Dovali.<\/p>\n<p>Smith accused Dovali of launching her own effort to make sure she inherited all of her father\u2019s holdings.<\/p>\n<p>Two of Abercrombie\u2019s relatives, who asked not to be identified, said they are solidly behind Abercrombie. \u201cGina is a wonderful person, she is giving, kind and loving,\u201d said a cousin. \u201cShe gave up her life to take care of Randy, now she is left with nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/218451425\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Robert Rodriguez\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/218451425\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Rodriguez<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>            A Valley native, Robert has worked at The Fresno Bee since 1994, covering various topics including education, business, courts and agriculture.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A couple formerly from Fresno County were found guilty Tuesday of stealing more than $700,000 from the estate&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324012,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-324011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}