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Sunday, October 25, 2015

Woman Gets Prison Time for Ripping Off Retired Air Force Colonel

Woman Sentenced For Stealing From Veteran
FOX 28 News
October 23, 2015
She was one of the first women in United States military history to reach the level of full colonel.

At one point in her career she oversaw over 3,000 troops in Germany, and she was instrumental in negotiating the release of United States Senator John McCain from the North Vietnamese Army in 1973.
An Oswego County woman has been sentenced for stealing thousands of dollars from an Air Force veteran's pension fund.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced that Morgan Tetro, formerly Morgan Burnell, of Minetto, is going to prison for 7 1/3 to 23 years.

Morgan Tetro and her husband, David, were convicted of grand larceny.

David will be sentenced next week.

The couple stole more than $200,000 from an 85 year old Air Force veteran and used the money to fund personal expenses, including over $140,000 of gambling losses at Turning Stone Casino.
During the course of the trial, which included testimony from more than two dozen witnesses, prosecutors presented evidence that beginning in 1997, the defendants befriended Colonel Irene Dennison when she rented a house to David Tetro, Jr.
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