Norfolk County woman sentenced to jail for embezzling over $1.2 million from business she worked

A Weymouth woman has been sentenced for embezzling more than $1.2 million from a business where she worked as an accountant, Norfolk District Attorney Michael Morrissey announced today.

Ashley Sumner, 39, who pleaded guilty last week in Norfolk Superior Court to a six-count indictment, was sentenced by Judge Mark Hallal to 3 ½ years in jail and three years’ probation and restitution to be determined by the court.

Sumner worked for Allstate Glass in Holbrook from 2020 to 2023. Holbrook Police determined Sumner made multiple fraudulent credit card charges, direct deposits, and wire transfers from January 2021 through February 2023 when she resigned.

Company officials reported to police that Sumner was suspected of stealing, and she was arrested in August 2023 after a five-month investigation. Sumner pleaded guilty to two counts of larceny of more than $1,200 by a single scheme, two counts of improper use of a credit card and one count each of larceny of property valued at more than $1,200 and money laundering.

Judge Hallal sentenced Sumner to a maximum 2 ½-year jail term for one count of improper use of a credit card and a consecutive one-year term for the second credit card count.

“The defendant was a trusted employee with access to company credit cards who was responsible for the payroll and paying the company’s bills,” District Attorney Morrissey said. “Her actions siphoning the company’s money for her own personal use violated the trust of her employer.”

District Attorney Morrissey and Acting Police Chief William Marble praised Detective Scott Glover, who investigated the case, Assistant District Attorney Amanda Mullaney, who prosecuted the case, and Victim Advocate Steven Nelson, who helped the company officials through the court process.