Today, the Honorable Judge James Hollman sentenced Griselda Guerrero, 36, to 270 days local custody, and five years formal probation. Guerrero, from Tipton, had previously pled no contest to one count of Welfare Fraud and one count of Perjury, both felonies arising from her receipt of aid by misrepresentation.

Investigation uncovered that, between October 2007 and December 2009, the defendant fraudulently received cash aid and food stamps for herself and her three children. Guerrero failed to report that the absent parent was actually in the home, and that he was working. Guerrero was ordered to pay back $24,650 in restitution to the Tulare County Health and Human Services Agency.

This case was investigated by Gloria Garza of the Tulare County District Attorney’s Office Bureau of Investigations, and prosecuted by Deputy District Attorney Marisa Maclennan.

Contact Person: Assistant District Attorney, Shani Jenkins, (559) 733-6411