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Monday, February 12, 2007

Ind. Courts - Former City of Greenwood court manager pleads guilty

Paul Bird of the Indianapolis Star is reporting this afternoon:

The former Greenwood City Court manager has been sentenced to six months home detention and a year’s probation after pleading guilty to theft of more than $10,000 from the court.

Paula S. Borges, 42, Franklin, was sentenced Monday in Johnson Circuit Court.
Judge Mark Loyd accepted a plea agreement worked out between Shelby County Prosecutor R. Kent Apsley and defense attorney George “Jay” Hoffman. Apsley was special prosecutor in the case.

As part of the plea deal, Borges on Monday repaid $500 of the $10,937 missing from the court’s funds. The $500 is the deductible required by the court’s insurance policy.

Borges also repaid $15,111 to the State Board of Accounts for a special audit of the court’s records and $1,875 to the City of Greenwood in over billed wages, Aspley said.

Hoffman said the outcome was fair.

“It was a fair outcome for a nice lady who made bad choices during a tough time in her life,” Hoffman said.

The theft was money collected from traffic fines.

At the time of her October 2005 arrest, Greenwood City Court Judge Lewis Gregory said he was “beyond shock.”

Judge Gregory's comment was reported in a Nov. 1, 2005 Star story - see ILB entry here.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on February 12, 2007 04:28 PM
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