A former Bethlehem nursing aide charged with stealing a dead resident 's bank card was accepted Wednesday into a first - offender program that will allow her to avoid a criminal conviction . Jennifer Roque , 29 , of Bethlehem will see her record expunged provided she completes a year of probation and pays court costs and fines , under terms of Northampton County 's Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition . Roque , a certified nursing assistant at Kirkland Village senior - living community , was charged last year with access device fraud , receiving stolen property and theft . On Sept. 27 , Roque was working when she discovered resident Virginia Hohl on the floor near her bed . Hohl , 91 , was pronounced dead at a hospital of natural causes , according to court records . Police said Roque stole Hohl 's bank card and $ 5 from her purse . She used the card to make various purchases at stores , and " cited her need to feed her children " to investigators as the motive for the thefts , police said . Roque was caught after Hohl 's daughter , Nancy Campbell , reported that the bank card had been used several times after her mother 's death , police said . Police said Roque made purchases at a gas station , a convenience store and a grocery store . Police also said Roque tried to use the bank card at a dollar store , a doughnut shop and an online shopping site . Police were able to identify Roque from store surveillance photos , court records said . ;