SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) \u2014 A Scranton woman has pleaded guilty to multiple felony charges after prosecutors say she stole more than $96,000 from the Scranton Firefighters Pension Fund by cashing pension payments intended for her deceased mother.<\/p>\n
Lackawanna County District Attorney Brian Gallagher announced that Stacey Ann Bouton, 48, pleaded guilty to theft by unlawful taking, theft by deception, forgery and identity theft.<\/p>\n
According to investigators, Bouton unlawfully received and negotiated pension payments totaling more than $96,000 between June 2020 and August 2025.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors said the payments continued after the death of Bouton’s mother, Henrietta Matticks, in June 2020. Authorities allege the pension checks were initially deposited into a joint bank account shared by Bouton and her parents for more than five years after Matticks’ death.<\/p>\n
After that account was closed, the pension fund began issuing paper checks in Matticks’ name, which prosecutors say Bouton fraudulently cashed.<\/p>\n
The alleged scheme came to light after the pension fund’s solicitor discovered irregularities during a routine review and notified authorities.<\/p>\n
The Scranton Police Department, led by Detective Joseph Dombroski, investigated the case by executing search warrants and reviewing financial records.<\/p>\n
“Today’s guilty plea holds the defendant accountable for stealing from the firefighters’ pension fund,” Gallagher said in a statement. “Our office takes financial crimes involving public funds and positions of trust very seriously. We appreciate the work of the investigators in bringing this matter to a successful conclusion and will continue to pursue those who violate the public’s trust.”<\/p>\n
Bouton faces a maximum possible sentence of 37 years in prison. A sentencing hearing is expected to be scheduled within the next 90 days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) \u2014 A Scranton woman has pleaded guilty to multiple felony charges after prosecutors say…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240159,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-240344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}