Two Washington County Women Awaiting Their Fate

Judge Valarie Costanzo heard plea cases for two women accused of accounting discrepancies at their places of work. The outcomes for both are still not clear. Jessica Bradshaw, 36 of Canonsburg was charged with 177 counts of tampering with records for her role in the inaccurate ledger keeping for Dr. Michael Crabtree. Bradshaw was the business manager for Washington Psychological Services and several real estate ventures for Crabtree. The discrepancies were found when a tenant of Crabtree’s wanted to discuss their delinquent rent and Crabtree found that according to Bradshaw everything was in order. An audit revealed the issues. Bradshaw entered an open plea of guilty to 5 of the 177 misdemeanor counts. Costanzo scheduled a pre-sentencing investigation and a restitution hearing for April. In a second case Rana Ranalli requested another continuance to obtain legal counsel. The District Attorney’s office objected to the request and Costanzo denied the continuance. The 50 year old Ranalli is accused of 156 counts of forgery for her role in taking more than $163,000 from attorney Timothy Berggren. Costanzo scheduled a May 10 jury selection.