A Delaware County judge has sentenced the former C-E-O of the Regional Medical Center in Manchester to a suspended 10-year prison sentence. Lon Butikofer pleaded guilty to first-degree theft in October after he was arrested along with former System Fund Development Director Mike Briggs. Their June arrests came after the State Auditor’s Office discovered they received $256,000 in illegitimate expenses for personal trips they claimed were for hospital business. Delaware County Attorney John Bernau says Butikofer will serve two-to-five years of probation and make restitution that’s yet to be determined. He was also fined the maximum 10-thousand dollars.
