{"id":20045,"date":"2020-10-15T18:13:50","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T22:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=20045"},"modified":"2020-10-15T18:13:50","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T22:13:50","slug":"genesee-county-sheriffs-report-batavia-man-accused-of-attempting-to-close-out-a-family-members-investment-account-and-take-the-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2020\/10\/15\/genesee-county-sheriffs-report-batavia-man-accused-of-attempting-to-close-out-a-family-members-investment-account-and-take-the-money\/","title":{"rendered":"GENESEE COUNTY SHERIFF&#8217;S REPORT\/Batavia man accused of attempting to close out a family member&#8217;s investment account and take the money"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thomas E. Ditzel, 65, of Belvedere Lane, Batavia, is charged with attempted grand larceny 3rd, a felony, after in investigation into misappropriation of funds as a Power of Attorney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ditzel allegedly attempted to take almost $17,000 by closing the investment account of a family member, then having the check sent to an address where he planned to allegedly retrieve it.  Another family member, however intercepted the check.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The incident occurred on December 24, 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Investigator Christopher Parker,  the duties of a a Power of Attorney, amongst others, is that the Power of Attorney must act in the principal&#8217;s best interest rather than their own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ditzel will appear in City Court for arraignment on November 17, 2020 at 9:00a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ana M. Uribe, 27, of Willow St. Batavia, is charged with grand larceny 4th, a class E felony, and offering a false instrument for filing 1st, also a class E felony, after allegedly not reporting income that she was earning and then also filing an application that is used to determine eligibility for SNAP benefits without said income.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a result, Uribe received $3,218 in SNAP benefits that she was not entitled to .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Uribe was arraigned in Genesee County Court on October 14, 2020. The incident occurred on May 1, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The investigation was conducted by the Genesee County Department of Social Services Investigator Dakota Nicholson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ifrah H. Armstrong, 41, of Bank St., Batavia, is charged with grand larceny 3rd, a class D felony and four counts of offering a false instrument for filing 1st, a class E felony, after allegedly not reporting income that she was  earning and then also filing an application that is used to determine eligibility for SNAP benefits without said income. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The incident occurred on August 1, 2017. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a result, Armstrong received $5,208 in SNAP benefits that she was not entitled to. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Armstrong was arraigned in Genesee County Court on October 13, 2020 at 1:00p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The investigation was conducted by the Genesee County Department of Social Services Investigator Dakota Nicholson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas E. Ditzel, 65, of Belvedere Lane, Batavia, is charged with attempted grand larceny 3rd, a felony, after in investigation into misappropriation of funds as a Power of Attorney. Ditzel allegedly attempted to take almost $17,000 by closing the investment account of a family member, then having the check sent \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2020\/10\/15\/genesee-county-sheriffs-report-batavia-man-accused-of-attempting-to-close-out-a-family-members-investment-account-and-take-the-money\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23],"tags":[111],"class_list":["post-20045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-genesee-county","tag-genesee-county-sheriffs-report"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-5dj","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":64493,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/05\/08\/genesee-county-two-charged-after-social-services-investigation\/","url_meta":{"origin":20045,"position":0},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Two charged after Social Services investigation","author":"aka","date":"May 8, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Press release Genesee County Sheriff\u2019s Deputies recently made the following arrests after an investigation by the Department of Social Services Investigations Unit: Cheryl Ditzel, 61, of Batavia is charged with one count of Welfare Fraud 4th after an investigation by Genesee County Social Services Investigator Robert Riggi. 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