Bucks County
CR-0004988-2016
June 2016
Charge
Theft By Unlaw Taking-Movable Prop
Conspiracy – Theft By Unlaw Taking-Movable Prop
Theft By Decep-False Impression
Access Device Issued to Another Who Did Not Auth Use
Theft By Fail To Make Req Disp Funds
January 2017
Guilty plea
Access Device Issued to Another Who Did Not Auth Use
Theft By Fail To Make Req Disp Funds
June 2017
Sentence
11 months and 15 days in prison (minimum) and 23 months (max)
7 years probation (max) to run concurrently with other confinement
Pay restitution of $271,327.67
No contact with victim (who is Jane E. Ervin’s mother)
A judge sentenced one-time New Jersey equestrian Jane E. Ervin and her husband to prison for bilking her ailing mother out of $271K.
Ervin’s 89-year-old victim was suffering from dementia, depression, and anxiety while her daughter kept her from paying her bills. Staff at the assisted living facility resorted to dressing her in donated clothing.
Instead, Ervin used her mother’s funds to put a deposit on a BMW in 2015, according to the prosecutor. She also went on a vacation during the investigation.
Jane Ervin’s husband Albert Ferrara also pleaded guilty and received the same sentence. He is a retired Philadelphia police officer.
December 18, 2017
Petition for house arrest granted
Jane E. Ervin is currently on house arrest
June 4, 2018
Jane Ervin released from custody
Released to parole
