Norwalk Judicial Marshal Charged With Stealing From Client

STRATFORD, CT — A Stratford woman, who works as a state judicial marshal in Norwalk, is accused of stealing from a disabled woman she was hired to assist with her daily activities. Tammy Lynn Dilorio, 39, was recently arrested following a lengthy investigation that began in 2015. Dilorio has been removed from her job as a judicial marshal on an interim basis, according to Connecticut State Police.

The victim in the case is a 55-year-old woman, who family members describe as developmentally challenged operating at the intellectual level of a 12-year-old, according to police. She is also hearing impaired. Dilorio and another woman were hired to assist the woman with daily activities, such as shopping, cleaning, preparing meals and traveling to doctor’s appointments. It wasn’t clear if charges were pending for the other woman, identified in the arrest warrant affidavit as a relative of Dilorio.

The investigation, which spanned the calendar years 2014 and 2015, was launched after the Department of Developmental Services (DDS) was notified that the woman had fallen significantly behind in rent payments to the amount of about $4,780, according to police. The woman’s monthly budget was constructed by DDS to allow for a small amount of discretionary income, about $100 to $150, to accumulate each month.

“After a comprehensive review of DDS investigations, including the victim’s individual plan, financial documentation, initial statements and additional correspondence pertinent to the case, a criminal investigation was initiated,” state police wrote in a report. “WDMC Troop G commenced a lengthy investigation, which included numerous witness interviews, the examination of multiple years of financial documents and the crunching of two years of cellular data.”

Police said the effort resulted in a “significant amount of evidence” that Dilorio stole state funds that were earmarked for the client and she forged the client’s signature on state documents.

When investigators asked Dilorio about suspicious purchases, she claimed that the victim’s brother and her father may have interfered with her finances because they had access to her bank card, which detectives determined not to be true, according to the warrant.

Over the years, the victim had grown emotionally attached and dependent on Dilorio and the other woman. During the interview with investigators, the victim became “visibly distraught and emotional.” Police wrote that the victim remained emotionally attached to Dilorio and other woman which appeared to make it “all the more difficult for her to speak of their actions with her money.”

Dilorio turned herself in on Nov. 16 and was charged with first-degree larceny, third-degree larceny and second-degree forgery. She was released after posting a $50,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in Norwalk Superior Court on Nov. 26.

Pictured: Tammy Lynn Dilorio, 39, of Stratford / Connecticut State Police