The Herkimer County Sheriff’s Office Welfare Fraud Unit, assisted by the Herkimer County Department of Social Services, recently arrested the following individual for various Welfare Fraud charges.
Sarah Hight age 33 of Mohawk, NY was arrested for Grand Larceny in the Fourth Degree a class E Felony, Welfare Fraud in the Fourth Degree a class E Felony and Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the First Degree a class E Felony.
Hight fraudulently received in excess of $ 2,700.00 worth of benefits in which she was not entitled to receive over a period of 6 months.
Hight was processed on the charges and released on an appearance ticket. Hight is scheduled to appear in the Village of Herkimer Court at a later date.