NORTH HAVERHILL, N.H. (AP) — The co-founder of a New Hampshire nonprofit for military veterans who admitted to taking nearly $100,000 from the organization may face more prison time after a prosecutor said she violated the terms of her plea deal.
Danielle Goodwin, 48, pleaded guilty in 2018 to eight theft charges and accepted a plea deal to serve 3 ½ to seven years in prison. She admitted to using money from Project VetCare, the defunct nonprofit she co-founded in 2012, to pay for gas, a cruise, home renovations, and a house for her son and daughter-in-law.
The Valley News reports that 18 months of Goodwin’s sentence would be suspended if she cooperated with law enforcement. But a prosecutor said Goodwin didn’t hold up her end of the plea deal when she was asked to testify at the trial of her son and his wife on charges of receiving stolen money from Goodwin.
Goodwin testified the money was hers to give away because Project Vetcare owed her money.
A motion filed by Grafton County Deputy Attorney John Bell said Goodwin agreed to serve nine months of the previously suspended 18-month term. She’s scheduled for a sentencing hearing on Feb. 27.
A message seeking comment was left for her lawyer.
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