Audits show conservator mismanaged wards' cases

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Audits show conservator mismanaged wards' cases


Former Tuscaloosa County conservator Zondra Hutto was responsible for managing the finances of elderly wards who couldn’t do it themselves.

By Stephanie Taylor
Staff Writer
Published: Sunday, October 23, 2011 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, October 23, 2011 at 12:00 a.m.
TUSCALOOSA

A former Tuscaloosa County conservator has been ordered to reimburse more than $100,000 of unwarranted and undocumented expenditures she made from the accounts of 17 people.

As the county's conservator, Zondra Hutto was responsible for the finances of elderly people who were unable to manage their affairs. Hutto resigned from her position after she pleaded guilty to a federal charge of not reporting the crimes of an employee.

Hutto's law clerk, Brian Lunceford, has been accused of using credit cards belonging to one of Hutto's wards to buy clothing, a designer purse, gas and a trip to Mexico. Hutto pleaded guilty to misprision of a felony because she knew about the charges Lunceford allegedly racked up. She is scheduled to begin a three-month federal prison sentence in January.

Since Hutto resigned as conservator for about 30 people in Tuscaloosa County Circuit Court, the wards' newly- appointed guardians have scrutinized the final accounting she submitted in the cases. They have found that Hutto overcharged their accounts and kept sloppy records.

Hutto has moved to St. Petersburg, Fla., and could not be reached last week. A cellphone number listed in court documents for her is no longer working.

Circuit Judge Brad Almond has presided over court hearings in many of the cases and has ordered Hutto to reimburse $110,008 of unwarranted and undocumented expenditures to 17 wards. She will likely owe more once the remaining cases go before Almond in November.

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Editor's note: The difference between what occurred in Alabama and what is presently happening in the Probate Court of Cook County...is the Probate Court of  Cook County allows and encourages this criminality. Feds in Chicago, get on your stick and indict these crooks. Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, ProbateSharks.com