Ex-DHS worker faces December sentencing
Crime Former employee pleads guilty in exploitation cases
A former Department of Human Services employee pleaded guilty Monday to two Tulsa County felony charges of financially exploiting vulnerable adults.
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Debra Roberts, a former
Department of Human Services employee, also has an unresolved exploitation charge in Rogers County. The charge alleges that she took $900 from a
guardianship account, records show. Roberts, whose employment with the Department of Human Services began in August 2004, was suspended from her duties in June 2008. She was discharged from DHS in
November 2008 after an internal
investigation.
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Debra Roberts, 51, is to be sentenced Dec. 21.
She waived her right to a trial, and she has no agreement with prosecutors to govern her punishment. Associate
District Judge Dana Kuehn withheld any finding of guilt.
Roberts remains free on bail while she awaits sentencing in two cases filed in 2008.
Roberts, of Chelsea, was a DHS Adult Protective Services specialist.
She was charged in one case with taking nearly $4,500 that belonged to an 84-year-old man.
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