By Greg Grisolano, Land Line staff writer
A Maryland couple with more than 50 years in the truck insurance brokerage business pleaded guilty this week to one count each of embezzlement, according to the Queen Anne’s County State’s Attorney’s office.
Ada Hardester Bicknell, 83, and her husband, 82-year-old William Clayton Bicknell, operated BIA Insurance Co. in Parsonsburg for decades, according to Rob Penny, chief of staff for State’s Attorney Lance Richardson. Each received a suspended one-year jail sentence and were ordered to pay $47,400 in restitution to the victim, a trucking company owner from Sudlersville, Md.
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A Maryland couple with more than 50 years in the truck insurance brokerage business pleaded guilty this week to one count each of embezzlement, according to the Queen Anne’s County State’s Attorney’s office.
Ada Hardester Bicknell, 83, and her husband, 82-year-old William Clayton Bicknell, operated BIA Insurance Co. in Parsonsburg for decades, according to Rob Penny, chief of staff for State’s Attorney Lance Richardson. Each received a suspended one-year jail sentence and were ordered to pay $47,400 in restitution to the victim, a trucking company owner from Sudlersville, Md.
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