An Alberta woman charged in connection to the theft of money from a fundraising event held in support of a young cancer victim has received a one-year conditional sentence.
Ashley Fredrickson, of Drumheller, pleaded guilty to theft under $5,000. As part of her sentence, she must also pay back $2,458.
Brandon Hall was diagnosed with cancer at 20 years old and began treatment in fall 2015.
A few months later, Drumheller residents organized several fundraising events to help assist the Hall family with the expenses incurred from Brandon’s out-of-province cancer treatments.
On June 14, RCMP received a complaint that a substantial amount of money from a silent auction had gone missing and was never given to the Hall family.
Drumheller is located about 130 kilometres northeast of Calgary.
Watch below from August 2016: A Drumheller woman who said she was a family friend of a young man fighting cancer is now charged with stealing money from him. She denies the charge, but some of the fundraising dollars intended to support him and his family are gone. Jill Croteau reports.
With files from Global’s Melissa Gilligan