Owego man accused of stealing from Guthrie

An Owego man has been arrested for allegedly stealing over $16,000 from Guthrie Hospital in Sayre. 72-year-old Elton Godfrey worked as a courier for Guthrie, when he is said to have stolen the money. Police say that Godfrey was in charge of delivering money deposit bags from the hospital’s dietary department to M&T Bank. On April 11th, authorities were alerted when one of the deposit bags, containing over $5,000, was reported missing. A further police investigation revealed similar occurrences on March 14th, March 23rd, and April 1st. Hospital documents show that Godfrey collected the deposit bags, but that the deposits never made it to the bank. Godfrey has since been arraigned and released to appear back in court on June 7th.