Patsy Brumfield reports in the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal the Feds took custody of Vann Leonard after he pleaded guilty to one count of embezzlement:
"Leonard agreed to avoid a trial by pleading guilty to one count that he embezzled money from a bankruptcy estate he administered.
He faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000, as well as possible restitution.
Friday, Northern Mississippi U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock unsealed the case after Leonard's sentence hearing was not held Thursday, as scheduled.
Since last Tuesday, he's been in federal custody in the Lafayette County Detention Center.
U.S. marshals moved him from the Rankin County Jail, where he was held after serious legal problems of a similar nature.
Criminal accusations against Leonard arose in the Southern District, where a client alleged he stole $327,585 from an accident settlement after she declared bankruptcy.
The criminal and bankrutpcy cases were transferred to North Mississippi.
Leonard also was accused in a Madison County circuit court case of stealing the proceeds from a life insurance policy that should have gone to a doctor's widow and in a Rankin County estate case over $111,000 he's accused of taking.
The Mississippi Bar took possession of all his client files this past summer.
On Sept. 12, Leonard's irrevocable resignation from the Bar was accepted by the state Supreme Court." Article
Not a bad story and a hell of a lot more than was published by the Jackson media, which was ZERO!!!
4 comments:
Great reporting on this case. It was just another citizen sad story, but in the end, justice is being served. I just hope the ex-clients get their restitution.
Kudos!
What about the Fraziers? We are waiting!
Still can't believe the Clarion Ledger hasn't covered any aspect of this case. It is certainly newsworthy!
He was sentenced yesterday. PACER does not show verdict. What happened?
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