This time it was his mother's estate.
http://azstarnet.com/news/local/crime/lawyer-gets-probation-weekend-jail-in-theft/article_8e932088-1aa0-505f-bcd5-6a65b30f686d.html
March 27, 2012 12:00 am • Kim Smith Arizona Daily Star
A Tucson lawyer was placed on four years' probation and ordered to spend 52 consecutive weekends in jail Monday for stealing from his mother's estate.
Pima County Superior Court Judge Michael Miller also ordered Joseph Homer Riley Jr., 60, to do 100 hours of community service and to pay $114,750 in restitution.
Riley was indicted in December 2010 on four counts of theft and one count each of fraud and money laundering.
According to court documents, one of Riley's 12 siblings went to the Arizona Attorney General's Office because he suspected Riley was stealing from their late mother's estate and three businesses in which the estate had a major investment.
Detectives with the Arizona Department of Public Safety determined Riley had stolen nearly $170,000; a forensic accountant hired by Riley's brother, Rory, determined there was more than $937,000 missing, court documents state.
On Jan. 26, Riley pleaded guilty to one count of theft, admitting he stole between $3,000 and $4,000 from the estate in 2004.
Riley told a probation officer he borrowed the money intending to pay it back, but acknowledged his actions could be misinterpreted.
Riley has already paid the $114,750 Miller ordered him to pay. He's also paid $157,000 under the terms of a civil lawsuit filed by some of his siblings and cousins.
Court documents indicate the majority of Riley's siblings thought the plea agreement was too lenient and wanted Riley imprisoned. Three siblings support Riley.
Riley is no longer able to practice law.
On StarNet: Read Kim Smith's blog, At the Courthouse, for news out of Pima County's courts at azstarnet.com/courthouse
Monday, April 15, 2013
Vanessa Kachadurian on another attorney gets his hands caught in the cookie jar
This time it was his mother's estate.
http://azstarnet.com/news/local/crime/lawyer-gets-probation-weekend-jail-in-theft/article_8e932088-1aa0-505f-bcd5-6a65b30f686d.html
March 27, 2012 12:00 am • Kim Smith Arizona Daily Star
A Tucson lawyer was placed on four years' probation and ordered to spend 52 consecutive weekends in jail Monday for stealing from his mother's estate.
Pima County Superior Court Judge Michael Miller also ordered Joseph Homer Riley Jr., 60, to do 100 hours of community service and to pay $114,750 in restitution.
Riley was indicted in December 2010 on four counts of theft and one count each of fraud and money laundering.
According to court documents, one of Riley's 12 siblings went to the Arizona Attorney General's Office because he suspected Riley was stealing from their late mother's estate and three businesses in which the estate had a major investment.
Detectives with the Arizona Department of Public Safety determined Riley had stolen nearly $170,000; a forensic accountant hired by Riley's brother, Rory, determined there was more than $937,000 missing, court documents state.
On Jan. 26, Riley pleaded guilty to one count of theft, admitting he stole between $3,000 and $4,000 from the estate in 2004.
Riley told a probation officer he borrowed the money intending to pay it back, but acknowledged his actions could be misinterpreted.
Riley has already paid the $114,750 Miller ordered him to pay. He's also paid $157,000 under the terms of a civil lawsuit filed by some of his siblings and cousins.
Court documents indicate the majority of Riley's siblings thought the plea agreement was too lenient and wanted Riley imprisoned. Three siblings support Riley.
Riley is no longer able to practice law.
On StarNet: Read Kim Smith's blog, At the Courthouse, for news out of Pima County's courts at azstarnet.com/courthouse
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