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Posted on: March 2, 2023

MAN SENTENCED TO 1-2 YEARS IN STATE PRISON FOR STEALING MONEY FROM DISABLED QUAKERTOWN RELATIVE

Patrick Alderton

A man convicted of stealing more than $38,000 from a disabled relative was sentenced on Thursday, March 2, 2023, to spend up to two years in a state correctional facility. 

Patrick Wayne Alderton, 46, formerly of Whitehall Township, was convicted by a Bucks County jury on Jan. 11, 2023, on charges of theft by failure to make required disposition of funds received, theft by unlawful taking, unlawful use of a computer and other computer crimes, receiving stolen property and misapplication of entrusted property. 

President Judge Wallace H. Bateman Jr. sentenced Alderton to 1-2 years in state prison, along with a concurrent three years of probation. 

On Oct. 22, 2020, Bucks County Detectives received information related to the alleged misappropriation of funds by Alderton, the personal representative of a relative’s estate, during a guardianship case being heard in the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas. 


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