Press Release: People v. Fryson, Yolanda, 11/9/10

November 09, 2010
Bradford R. Fenocchio

District Attorney

PLACER COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY

10810 Justice Center Drive, Suite 240
Roseville, California 95678

PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
Date: November 9, 2010


Contact:

Art Campos

Public Information Officer

916-543-8076

Scott Owens

Assistant District Attorney

916-543-8000


FORMER YUBA CPS WORKER IS CONVICTED OF 16 FELONY COUNTS IN PLACER TRIAL

A former child protective services worker for Yuba County is scheduled for sentencing in Placer County later this month after a jury found her guilty of 16 felony offenses that included check fraud, forgery, attempted extortion and accepting a bribe.

Yolanda Perez Fryson, 43, deposited checks of no value in order to take money from her personal bank accounts in Placer and Yuba counties, falsified documents to cover up the crimes and, while on administrative leave from her CPS job, used a missing badge from her office to misrepresent herself in an extortion attempt, according to prosecutor Stephanie Macumber of the District Attorney’s Office.

A jury deliberated two days before returning November 1 with guilty verdicts on all 16 counts against Fryson.

Placer County Superior Court Judge Joseph O’Flaherty, who presided over the three-week trial, set November 29 for sentencing.