Man gets prison in theft of $140,000.Byline: Jack Moran The Register-Guard A Eugene man was sentenced Tuesday to five years in prison after admitting that he had stolen more than $140,000 from his ill mother to purchase items for himself and pay his psychotherapy psychotherapy, treatment of mental and emotional disorders using psychological methods. Psychotherapy, thus, does not include physiological interventions, such as drug therapy or electroconvulsive therapy, although it may be used in combination with such methods. bills. Gregory Scott Browning Scott Brown may refer to:
tr.v. mis·treat·ed, mis·treat·ing, mis·treats To treat roughly or wrongly. See Synonyms at abuse. mis·treat . The theft nearly led to his mother being evicted from an assisted-living facility that houses people with Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease (ăls`hī'mərz, ôls–), degenerative disease of nerve cells in the cerebral cortex that leads to atrophy of the brain and senile dementia. . Browning signed a plea petition acknowledging that he illegally withdrew about $141,820 from his mother's trust account from 2005 to April of this year. The money was placed in the account after the sale of her home in 2005. Browning was put in charge of the trust and was responsible for using the funds to pay for his mother's living expenses, the petition states. Instead, Browning wrote about 113 checks to himself, and did not pay his mother's rent. In July 2006, he learned that the assisted-living facility, Farmington Square in Eugene, intended to evict his mother because of the unpaid bill, the plea petition states. Eugene police detectives became aware of the situation last year, after Farmington Square managers spoke with social services social services Noun, pl welfare services provided by local authorities or a state agency for people with particular social needs social services npl → servicios mpl sociales officials, Lane County prosecutor Stephen Morgan Stephen Morgan (January 25, 1854 - February 9, 1928) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio. Born in Jackson County, Ohio, Morgan attended the common schools, Central College, Worthington, Ohio, and the Normal University, Lebanon, Ohio. said. An investigator confronted Browning about the money, and Browning admitted to spending it on himself, Morgan said. Browning told the detective that he would pay back the money, but he did not, Morgan said. "He said he was going to make it right (but) he kept writing checks even after the detective talked to him," Morgan told Circuit Court Judge Jack Billings at Tuesday's hearing. Browning was arrested earlier this year and charged with 46 felonies. As part of a plea deal with prosecutors, Browning entered guilty pleas Tuesday to 10 of those counts. In exchange, he received a five-year prison sentence. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the plea petition, Browning spent more than $52,000 of the money on books, and gave another $33,000 to his wife. He also spent more than $6,000 on music-related items, $3,300 on a laptop computer and about $4,400 on psychotherapy. Browning's mother, who is now 87, was able to continue living at Farmington Square after it was discovered she had long-term disability and long-term care long-term care (LTC), n the provision of medical, social, and personal care services on a recurring or continuing basis to persons with chronic physical or mental disorders. insurance that covers her expenses, Morgan said. Billings barred Browning from contacting his mother if she is still alive when he is released from prison. |
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