Credit: Bucks County District Attorney’s Officeookstol
The former treasurer and operations supervisor for the now-defunct Morrisville Ambulance Squad was sentenced to state prison Monday.
Bucks County Judge Wallace Bateman sentenced Ruth Roxy Rookstool, 59, of Morrisville, to 15 to 36 months in state prison with credit for time served since August. He also ordered her to 10 years of probation concurrent with the prison sentence. In addition, she was ordered to pay $101,634.55 in restitution.
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In August, a jury found Rookstool guilty of theft, insurance fraud, and conspiracy to commit insurance fraud after a trial.
Rookstool and former squad Chief Brian Eckert, 42, of Falls Township, were charged with a scheme that involved unauthorized payments between 2011 and 2018. The money was used to cover personal debts and expenses. Eckert and Rookstool attempted to get health and dental insurance for the 59-year-old woman after she stopped working for the squad, authorities said.
In total, the theft and fraud added up to more than $132,000.
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Eckert, who testified against Rookstool, was sentenced in October to four to 23 months of house arrest.
The Morrisville Ambulance Squad shut down in 2018 after years of financial problems. The squad, which served all of Morrisville Borough and about 12 percent of Falls Township, was replaced by a service contracted through Capital Health System.
