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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; A 73-year-old caregiver recently sent to prison for stealing an elderly client&#8217;s funds is asking a county judge to reconsider her sentence.</p><p>Sharon Mae Jacobosky, of Luzerne, was <a href="https://www.timesleader.com/news/598688/73-year-old-caregiver-sentenced-to-nine-to-48-months-for-stealing-from-client" target="_blank">sentenced Oct. 20 to nine to 48 months in state prison</a> for pilfering more than $250,000 from Clementine Moseman and her disabled daughter, Pamela Wehrenberg, while acting as Moseman&#8217;s caregiver between 2011 and 2013.</p><p>Moseman, 97, died in 2014. Wehrenberg, 69, died the previous year.</p><p>Jacobosky&#8217;s attorney, Stephen Geist, wrote in a motion filed Monday in Luzerne County Court that the convicted caregiver has no prior record and wishes to be sentenced to probation due to her health and her acceptance of responsibility in the matter.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Sharon Mae Jacobosky is escorted out of the Luzerne County Courthouse following her sentencing Oct. 20. Jacobosky is asking a county judge to modify her nine- to 48-month prison sentence. Joe Dolinsky file photo | Times Leader </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/web1_Jacobosky-cmyk-1.jpg</photo0><caption0>Sharon Mae Jacobosky is escorted out of the Luzerne County Courthouse following her sentencing Oct. 20. Jacobosky is asking a county judge to modify her nine- to 48-month prison sentence. Joe Dolinsky file photo | Times Leader </caption0><photoCredit0></photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Joe Dolinsky</p><p>jdolinsky@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Joe Dolinsky at 570-991-6110 or on Twitter @JoeDolinskyTL</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Recently convicted caregiver requests modified sentence