A woman has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison for stealing more than a half-million dollars from an elderly couple she cared for.

Denise Southerland, 46, worked as a caretaker for an elderly couple in Bealeton, Va. Between September 2005 and March 2007, she stole $571,811 from the couple by writing checks from their accounts to herself, transfering funds from their bank accounts to her own and other means, according to prosecutors.

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