CHAMBER EMBEZZLING CASE ENDS WITH PLEA.Byline: Donna Huffaker Daily News Staff Writer The former executive director of the Montrose Verdugo City Chamber of Commerce, who was accused of embezzling $8,500 from the organization's revenue funds, has pleaded no contest to grand theft. Karen McCarty, 40, of La Crescenta could spend up to 59 days in a Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County jail under terms of the plea agreement, said Deputy District Attorney John Colello. As part of her plea, McCarty could avoid jail time if she is found eligible for house arrest, Colello said. McCarty will be on felony probation for three years and must pay back the money stolen, he said. But McCarty and her attorney, Bonnie bon·ny also bon·nie adj. bon·ni·er, bon·ni·est Scots 1. Physically attractive or appealing; pretty. 2. Excellent. Marshal, disagree with Verb 1. disagree with - not be very easily digestible; "Spicy food disagrees with some people" hurt - give trouble or pain to; "This exercise will hurt your back" the District Attorney's Office over how much she owes, Colello said. Prosecutors said McCarty embezzled em·bez·zle tr.v. em·bez·zled, em·bez·zling, em·bez·zles To take (money, for example) for one's own use in violation of a trust. roughly $8,500, but McCarty says she took only $4,000. A hearing will be held June 14 when Glendale Municipal Court Judge Barbara Burke Barbara Hannah Anita Burke (born 13 May, 1917) is a former British athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. She competed for Great Britain in the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the silver medal with her team mates will listen to evidence from both sides and make her ruling. Burke also will sentence McCarty on that day. Efforts to reach McCarty on Tuesday were unsuccessful. Her attorney did not return repeated phone calls to her Glendale office. Glendale police arrested McCarty on suspicion of grand theft by embezzlement embezzlement, wrongful use, for one's own selfish ends, of the property of another when that property has been legally entrusted to one. Such an act was not larceny at common law because larceny was committed only when property was acquired by a "felonious taking," i. March 4. Officials said McCarty embezzled the money from April 1997 to April 1998. Her arrest followed a 10-month investigation by police and the chamber's auditors who found McCarty had not been depositing all the cash collected from community golf tournaments, mixers, business expos and other events, police said. McCarty, who served as the chamber's executive director for one year, was fired in 1998. |
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