Woman gets year in jail for dental office thefts

NORWALK, Conn. (AP) - A 39-year-old Bethel woman has been sentenced to one year in prison for a series of crimes including selling metal from discarded tooth crowns she stole from a dentist's office in Wilton.

Bonnie Piro was sentenced Thursday in Norwalk Superior Court after pleading guilty to larceny and narcotics charges. Authorities say she also stole prescription pads from Fairfield County doctors' offices and wrote painkiller prescriptions that she filled at area pharmacies.

The owner of Wilton Dental Associates told police in March that Piro bilked the practice out of $1,850 in cash and $120 in metal from old tooth crowns that she sold to a recycler. Piro was a receptionist at the practice.

Police said Piro pocketed $1,850 in cash payments made by a customer of the dental practice.