Central Florida Title Snatcher Facing 18-Month Prison Sentence Buys Out Of Jail Time; Deeds Back 94-Year Old Victim's Home Back To Her, Agrees To Pay $100/Month Restituition For Ten Years

In Orlando, Florida, WFTV-TV Channel 9 reports:

• A woman accused of stealing a home from a 94-year-old woman was who living in a nursing home has accepted a plea deal that will keep her out of prison.
  
  Vivian Smith’s friends came to Channel 9 after a neighbor saw Vanessa Russell removing all of Smith’s belongings from the house she owned for decades in 2014.
  
  Russell had forged a deed and moved into the home, but police weren’t able to immediately get her out. A search warrant was served weeks later, and authorities removed Russell and her family from Smith’s home.
  
  Russell recently accepted a plea deal with prosecutors. She was sentenced to 18 months in prison, but won’t serve the time if she follows the terms of her 10-year probation and pays Smith back.
  
  Smith is still in a nursing home in failing health and won’t be moving home.
  
  The deed has been transferred and Russell will have to pay Smith $100 a month over a period of 10 years, totaling $12,000 in restitution.
  
  Smith’s friends said they had hoped Russell would get jail time, but said everyone, including Smith, is glad that the ordeal is over.

Source: Woman accused of stealing 94-year-old woman’s home gets plea deal to stay out of prison.