Adele Ferguson - Another year end offering, some Ripoffs & Rotters

OK, it’s time for my end of the year list of Ripoffs and Rotters.

I usually have enough to make a couple of columns, the world being full of folks who are ripping somebody off and got caught at it or are just plain rotten to the core, but I lost my file in June so have to rely on what I’ve clipped since.

SEATTLE—A Capitol Hill woman who worked as a dog walker and house sitter until her arrest last year for stealing jewelry and credit cards from her clients was sentenced in King County Superior Court to 22 months in prison.

Mary Chodl 64, was accused of the theft of a $55.,000 wedding ring, a g...