An East Northport woman was convicted Friday of stealing more than $30,000 from fundraiser proceeds ...

1. East Northport woman convicted of stealing fundraiser
proceeds meant for disabled teen
An East Northport woman was convicted Friday of stealing more than $30,000 from fundraiser
proceeds that were supposed to be used to buy a van with a wheelchair lift for a teen with cerebral
palsy, authorities said.
After a seven-day trial in Central Islip, Maureen Myles, 62, was found guilty by State Supreme Court
Justice Fernando of third-degree grand larceny, two counts of fourth-degree grand larceny, scheme
to defraud and petty larceny.
Myles was arrested in 2013 for stealing money raised at a Northport dinner benefit for the
Huntington teen, Suffolk County prosecutors said.
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It's the second time Myles has been convicted of scheme to defraud and grand larceny, authorities
said. In 2004, she was convicted of both charges for buying $40,000 worth of Bermuda cruise tickets
using a credit card number she stole from her employer.
The prosecutor's office will recommend a maximum prison sentence inspection reports of 3 1/2 to
inspection service 7 years when Myles is sentenced Sept. 2.
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