Thu, Nov 26 2009
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Officials: Former administrator returns missing county files Casavecchia said information for about 160 wards had been transferred from Podleski to her as of Wednesday. Casavecchia said she hopes that transfer of documents will be complete by the weekend.
But Podleski had only information such as benefit checks, wards’ personal identification, and receipts on burial policies or pre-need burial plans. The information that Casavecchia said is vital to caring for wards — personal data, medical records, housing information and care plans — was contained in the files that Hunter apparently had removed. Dankelson said Hunter’s attorney, Judy Moore, contacted him Wednesday to advise him that Hunter apparently had those files. Dankelson said Moore told him that Hunter told her that she took the files because she thought she would need them to defend herself in a number of lawsuits brought by current and former wards. Efforts to reach Moore for comment Wednesday night were unsuccessful. Dankelson said he told Moore that the files needed to be restored to the county on Wednesday. Casavecchia, for her part, said it was not relevant to her why Hunter reportedly took the files. “I’m just glad I got (them) back,” she said, noting that the information in the missing files would allow her to pay wards’ bills, pay their landlords and have contact information. Lawsuits Allegations of overcharging the estates of county wards and other financial issues are raised in lawsuits that have been filed against Rita Hunter. Similar questions are being raised on Angie Casavecchia’s behalf in filings in probate court that argue that Hunter should have to provide a financial accounting of how wards’ estates were handled before the court releases her from responsibility in the estates. 
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