State v. Imber

BADALAMENTI, Judge.

A jury convicted Wanda Livingston Im-ber of grand theft and money laundering for stealing and laundering approximately $1.6 million from her elderly, dementia-afflicted stepfather’s various investment accounts between 2007 and 2014. Mrs. Imber’s lowest permissible guidelines sentence was calculated at 25.8 years’ imprisonment. The trial court departed downward and sentenced Mrs. Imber to terms of community control and probation on the basis that the victim was a “willing participant” in the theft of his own money pursuant to section 921.0026(2)(f), Florida Statutes (2007).…