Liberty, NY - The Sullivan County Welfare Fraud Task Force has made the following arrests:
- April 19, 2023 – Jasmine Lambrecht, 27, of Liberty, was arrested and charged with Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the 1st Degree, a Class E felony, and Welfare Fraud in the 4th Degree, a Class E felony. It is alleged that Lambrecht failed to provide truthful and accurate information about income on a periodic update report filed on January 20, 2022 with the Sullivan County Department of Social Services. The unreported income and the false document filed resulted in an overpayment in SNAP benefits in the amount of $1,106. Lambrecht was processed and released on an appearance ticket to return to the Town of Liberty Court at a later date.
- April 21, 2023 – Randalpho Simms, 47, and Trudy Mack-Simms, 41, of Eldred, were arrested and charged with acting in concert together to commit Welfare Fraud in the 3rd Degree, a Class D felony, and Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the 1st Degree, a Class E felony. It is alleged that Mack-Simms and Simms filed a false Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) application on August 25, 2021 and a false periodic update report on September 8, 2021. It is also alleged that during this time Mack-Simms failed to disclose income from employment in Ulster County. The fraudulent documents and the unreported income resulted in Mack-Simms and Simms receiving an overpayment of SNAP benefits in the amount of $4,285. Both parties were processed and arraigned in the Town of Liberty Court and released on their own recognizance, to return to the Town of Liberty Court at a later date.
- May 6, 2023 – Ronika Alston, 28, of Monticello, was arrested and charged with Grand Larceny in the 4th Degree, a Class E felony. It is alleged that Alston stole $2,492 in SNAP benefits from the Sullivan County Department of Social Services by failing to disclose that she was employed from September 16, 2022 through February 28, 2023. Alston was processed and released on an appearance ticket to return to the Town of Liberty Court at a later date.
- May 9, 2023 – Elizabeth Newell, 25, of Loch Sheldrake, was arrested and charged with Welfare Fraud in the 4th Degree, Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the 1st Degree and Grand Larceny in the 4th Degree, all Class E felonies. It is alleged that between January 3, 2020 and October 31, 2020, Newell was in receipt of SNAP Benefits while failing to disclose household income from other family members. This unreported income resulted in an overpayment in the amount of $1,877. Newell was processed and released on an appearance ticket to return to the Town of Liberty Court at a later date.
