A Peach Bottom woman faces 6 to 23 months in prison after pleading guilty to charges of fraud and receiving stolen property.

Donna Duvall, 55, was sentenced by Lancaster County Judge Dennis Reinaker on January 19 in Lancaster County Court.

Duvall’s prison sentence is followed by 10 years of probation. She will also need to pay $68,181.20 in restitution, $10,000 of which needs to be paid by January 27.

First Deputy District Attorney Travis Anderson prosecuted the case and noted the sentencing guidelines called for a minimum sentence of 3 to 12 months in prison. He asked for the court to follow the sentencing guidelines and impose a sentence of incarceration stating this was an “unusual and severe theft case.”

Defense argued for house arrest and no incarceration as it would affect Duvall’s current employment and ability to pay restitution.

Reinaker stated Duvall had a prior theft charge and said this behavior was a “character flaw” before noting the amount of money that was stolen and that restitution payments should have already begun.

“I could pay money if I had to,” Duvall stated. After Reinaker asked how much, Duvall said “$10,000.”

Duvall plead guilty in October 2021 to taking money and failing to bill customers from her employer, Lanchester Medical Center; Duvall had worked for the victim for 30 years beginning as a receptionist before becoming an office manager with billing and insurance duties.

Investigators reviewed Lanchester Medical Center’s financial information and found that Duvall received 49 checks issued to her from the business from 2015 to 2018 and an additional six checks were written out to cash that Duvall used to pay personal bills.

Duvall disguised the theft by entering false information into the business’s software program that tracked the expenses.

Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Scott Enedy filed charges in April 2020.

MEDIA CONTACT: Sean McBryan, semcbryan@co.lancaster.pa.us; Twitter: @SeanMcBryanLanc.