A 76-year-old North Haven woman was arrested Monday in connection to stealing over $40,000 in adoption subsidy payments, official said.
For nearly three years from June 2016 to August 2019, police said she received “$41,734.83 in subsidies she was not entitled to receive from the state Department of Children and Families,” the state’s Division of Criminal Justice said in a news release.
Leak is free on a $20,000 non-surety bond and expected in court on June 4. She could face up to 20 years in prison and a $15,000 fine.