Elizabeth Jo Gutierrez, 47, of Ridgefield, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Federal Court to embezzling $30,000 from the Fairfield Housing Authority, where she worked in 2011.
According to testimony in court and court documents, Gutierrez worked for the Fairfield Housing Authority as executive director from July 2010 to December 2011. In the summer of 2011, Gutierrez issued two checks, each in the amount of $15,000, from the Fairfield Housing Authority’s checking account and subsequently deposited them into her own checking account.
The Fairfield Housing Authority administers federal housing programs for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development with the mission of providing affordable housing for eligible low-income families and the elderly. She is scheduled to be sentenced by United States District Judge Robert N. Chatigny on August 27, at which time she faces a maximum term of imprisonment of 10 years. Gutierrez was released on a $50,000 bond since her arrest on January 31.
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