6 weeks ago, we told you about 32 year-old Gina Conorquie Cherrington. She was accused running a housing con on a special constable, and yesterday she was back before the court for a different complaint, on the very same bogus scheme.
This time, her accuser was 74 year-old Marion Neal. She reported to police that on July 8, she gave Cherrington payment of $290 toward a house because because Cherrington told her that she was working as part of the Boots Martinez Housing Project. She said that on July 14, she gave Cherrington a second payment of $310, and on August 3, she gave Cherrington a third payment of $125 toward the house.
She told police that she became worried because Cherrington had not given her a receipt, and she also did not show her this house she claimed to be able to get on her behalf.
Police investigated the report and charged Cherrington with 3 counts of obtaining property by deception. She was arraigned before Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer yesterday, where she pleaded guilty to all charges. She begged for leniency, telling the court that she was in physical distress from a recent surgical procedure.
Senior Magistrate Frazer considered the fact that she had saved the court’s time by pleading guilty. She then sentenced Cherrington to serve a 1-year suspended sentence. She’s dodging jail, but if she is arrested and charged for any other criminal offence, she will be imprisoned for that 1-year term.
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