Court Watching: Defendant gets 18 charges dropped in plea deal on larceny

Djuna Lynn Garbo pled guilty to a new reduced charge of larceny under $200 and the charge of identity theft and 17 other counts were dismissed at 34th District Court in Romulus on March 11.
Garbo had been accused of using a Financial Transaction Device on Jan. 25, 2014 in Van Buren Township to take property and items from Patricia DiPietro.
The original charges, filed Feb. 6, were: larceny of $1,000 or more but less than $20,000, identity theft, Financial Transaction Device stealing/retaining without consent, 14 counts of FTD illegal sale/use, and FTD possession.
Her retained attorney Angie Martell said her client would pay the agreed-upon $5,884 restitution by credit card after she left District Court Judge Tina Brooks Green’s courtroom that morning.
Wayne County Assistant Prosecutor Latoya Willis said the defendant agreed to mental health and substance abuse treatment.
Attorney Martell said Garbo has been in treatment for a long time and has been dry since 2014. She lived in Canton and now lives in Washtenaw County.
Judge Green noted the deferred sentence box was checked on the paperwork and she asked the prosecutor if that’s what she wanted. Willis said she did.
So, she ordered Garbo to continue her substance-abuse and mental-treatments with testing once a month. Then, she turned the case over to the probation department for an investigation and recommendation. Judge Green will sentence her after that report is done.
Garbo is free on $1,000 personal bond. VBT Detective Mark Buxton is in charge of the case.