Buffalo, NY (WBEN) A former worker at the Golden Age Center on Grand Island admits to stealing $110,000. Prosecutors say she used the money to feed a gambling addiction.
71-year-old Barbara Gannon of Grand Island pleaded guilty, as charged, before Erie County Court Judge Sheila A. DiTullio to one count of Grand Larceny in the Second Degree, a Class “C” felony.
Between July 2011 and December 5, 2017, the defendant admitted that she stole $110,671 while employed as the recreation supervisor at the Golden Age Center, a senior center in the Town of Grand Island.
Gannon faces a maximum of 15 years in prison when she is sentenced on Thursday, May 2 at 9:30 a.m. She was released on her own recognizance.