A 57-year-old Gainesville, Florida, woman who pleaded guilty to stealing health benefits for her daughter from California after the two moved to Florida was sentenced Monday to time served in jail.
Leanne Michelle Hawk pleaded guilty last year to two felony counts of grand theft with a sentencing enhancement for aggravated white collar crime between $100,000 to $500,000, according to court records.
However, the felonies were reduced Monday to misdemeanors and the sentencing enhancements stricken by Orange County Superior Court Judge Bryan Clavecilla, who sentenced the defendant to 133 days in jail, or time already served.
Hawk was placed on one year of informal probation and ordered to pay $130,672.13 in restitution. According to court records, she had paid back $16,400 when she pleaded guilty in January of last year.
Hawk, who was charged in August 2022, was arrested in August 2023.
According to the criminal complaint, Hawk was accused of obtaining in-home support services on claims made for her daughter after the two moved to Florida.