FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Caitlin Mota
PHONE: (201) 577-6699
EMAIL: cmota@hcpo.org
DATE: Thursday, July 13, 2023

GUTTENBERG WOMAN CHARGED WITH THEFT

Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez has released the following information:

On Wednesday, July 12, 2023, members of the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Special Investigations Unit arrested a Guttenberg woman following an investigation into failed financial reporting to multiple government agencies.

Anmerlene Demetroudis, 59, is charged with one count of Theft by Deception in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:20-4, a crime of the third degree. She was arrested at her residence in Guttenberg and released on a summons pending her first court appearance, which is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, July 25, 2023. The investigation found Demetroudis failed to report income she earned as a home health aide, resulting in an overpayment of more than $20,000 in benefits from the Social Security Administration, the Medicaid Benefit Program, the Department of Community Affairs Rental Assistance Program, and NJ FamilyCare between June 2020 and November 2022.

Prosecutor Suarez credited the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Special Investigations Unit and the United States Social Security Administration Office of the Inspector General with the investigation and arrest. The above charges are merely accusations and the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty. R.P.C.3.6(b)(6).