Norristown State Hospital employee charged with stealing more than $130K from resident
Hospital employee charged with stealing $130K from resident
Bridget Nicole Compton, 51, has been charged with stealing more than $130,000 from a resident while she worked as a Norristown State Hospital employee. The victim in this case has been identified as Trinh Nguyen, the Bucks County mother sentenced to life in prison for killing her two sons in May 2022.
PHILADELPHIA - A 51-year-old woman from Philadelphia has been charged with stealing more than $130,000 from a resident while working as a Norristown State Hospital employee.
According to officials, Bridget Nicole Compton, 51, has been charged with Access Device Fraud, Identity Theft, Forgery, and related offenses after detectives established that she unlawfully diverted five checks from the victim’s account to herself over the course of two months, totaling $132,480.01.
Compton, an employee of the Department of Public Welfare, surrendered to Bucks County detectives.
Bridget Nicole Compton, 51, has been charged with Access Device Fraud, Identity Theft, Forgery, and related offenses after detectives established that she unlawfully diverted five checks from the victim’s account to herself over the course of two mon
In November 2024 theft was reported to the authorities by an interested third party.
According to court documents, the victim has been identified as Trinh Nguyen, the Bucks County mother sentenced to life in prison for killing her two sons in May 2022.
The criminal complaint states that she was staying at Norristown State Hospital for a mental health evaluation while awaiting sentencing.
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Detectives determined that each of the checks were endorsed by Compton and cashed through Cottman Check Cashing in Philly.
After reviewing correspondence between Compton and the resident, investigators found no indication that the hospital employee was authorized to make financial transactions on Nguyen's behalf.
Upon speaking with the victim, detectives learned that though Compton’s assistance was requested with an address change on the account so that Nguyen could continue to receive account-related mail, court documents say Nguyen told authorities she did not authorize the transactions.
Officials say Compton admitted to detectives that she impersonated the resident in phone calls to the financial institution, authorizing checks to be sent to the address of Compton’s mother, from which she would retrieve and liquidate them at the check cashing business in Philly.
According to officials, Compton reported that she has since disposed of all the funds through a $10,000.00 gift to her mother and a family vacation to Puerto Rico in July 2023. She told detectives "I got the money in July and was broke by Christmas…. that’s how quick it went."
This investigation remains ongoing.