Stepdaughter, boyfriend convicted of stealing $700,000+ from Sanger businessman
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- A Fresno County jury found Gina Abercrombie and Justin D. Teel guilty.
- Both were convicted of elder theft and face up to five years and four months.
- Sentencing for Abercrombie and Teel is set for June 29 and both are in custody.
A couple formerly from Fresno County were found guilty Tuesday of stealing more than $700,000 from the estate of a Sanger businessman.
Gina Abercrombie and her boyfriend, Justin D. Teel, both of Pleasanton in Alameda County, were charged with several felonies, including theft from an elder adult and obtaining money, labor or property by false pretenses. The jury found them guilty of all charges.
Abercrombie and Teal each face a maximum of five years and four months in prison. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for June 29.
Both defendants were taken into custody to await their sentencing. As they were being handcuffed, several of their family members reacted with shock.
“Oh, my god, no,” one said. “I can’t handle this.”
The three-month trial, prosecuted by Senior Deputy District Attorney Lisa Urrizola, delved deep into the relationship of Fresno County businessman Randy Hansen and his daughter, Stacy Hansen Dovali, and stepdaughter, Gina Abercrombie.
Urrizola said she was pleased with the outcome of the trial. “Justice was done for Randy Hansen,” she said.
Hansen was a successful entrepreneur who scratched out a tidy fortune following in the footsteps of his father, Emery Carol Hansen, a professional golfer who developed the 18-hole Sherwood Forest Golf Club in 1968.
The Hansens also built a mobile home park and invested in real estate, including homes in Bass Lake and Aptos.
But trouble for the family began in 2017 after Randy Hansen’s wife, Deborah Hansen, died. Deborah Hansen was Abercrombie’s mother.
Urrizola said that soon after Deborah’s death, Abercrombie and Teel began to make a move on Randy Hansen’s wealth and real estate.
The couple were accused of creating a new trust and taking control of Hansen’s business affairs. Urrizola told the jury that Abercrombie and Teel took advantage of Hansen’s declining health. He was suffering from diabetes, heart disease, prostate cancer and a stroke.
Abercrombrie’s attorney Chuck Smith said during trial that Hansen loved both of his daughters, but Abercrombie became a much bigger part of his life than Dovali.
Smith accused Dovali of launching her own effort to make sure she inherited all of her father’s holdings.
Two of Abercrombie’s relatives, who asked not to be identified, said they are solidly behind Abercrombie. “Gina is a wonderful person, she is giving, kind and loving,” said a cousin. “She gave up her life to take care of Randy, now she is left with nothing.”
