Woman With Autistic Son Asks Home Detention In Mortgage Fraud Case

November 3, 2009

posted November 2, 2009

A lin County woman who pleaded guilty to mortgage fraud is asking home

detention because she has a child with autism.

Chattanooga Federal Judge Sandy Mattice said he would consider some home

detention for Snow, but said she will have to do some significant prison

time as well.

The judge delayed the sentencing for several weeks to give attorney Bill Killian

time to come up with reports from experts on the condition of Ms. Snow's child

and how being away from her for an extended time would affect the child.

The sentencing range for Ms. Snow is 33-41 months.

Prosecutor Humble is opposing the home detention request, saying Ms. Snow

was part of a conspiracy involved in 61 fraudulent loans. He said she took part

in 32 of those.

He said the loss involved with over $1 million. He said a number of people lost

their homes to foreclosure and he said it brought a slump to the lin County

economy.

He said Ms. Snow was defrauding her employer and that she was involved in

getting kickbacks from lenders.

The grandmother of the autistic child stood up during the hearing and told the

judge she is 70 years old and the care of the child would fall to her.

She said autism " will absolutely wreck the lives of everyone it touches. "

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