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Thursday, December 03, 2009
Ind. Courts - Still more on: Criminal charges filed against Plymouth attorney
Updating this ILB entry from April 8, 2009, the South Bend Tribune reports today:
PLYMOUTH — Suspended lawyer Ronald Dean Gifford, 58, of Plymouth, entered a preliminary plea of not guilty during a status and initial hearing Wednesday in Marshall County Superior Court 1.Gifford is charged with two counts of forgery/counterfeiting and deception and two counts of felony theft.
A pretrial hearing has been set for Dec. 9 and an omnibus hearing for Feb. 10.
Records show Gifford's law license was suspended Nov. 14, 2008, for allegedly forging and falsely stating he had Internal Revenue Service confirmations of tax-exempt status for both the Fairfield and Mentone Garden Court facilities, which are low-income HUD housing projects.
Gifford was served with criminal charges in March for those allegations and in April was charged with two counts of felony theft from the account of the Wyland, Humphrey, Wagner and Clevenger law firm, of which Gifford had previously been a partner.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on December 3, 2009 12:59 PM
Posted to Indiana Courts