[Vision2020] Sentencing for Secind Felony Theft Conviction in Latah County:
No Jail Time Plus a Withheld Judgment
Donovan Arnold
donovanarnold@hotmail.com
Sat, 27 Mar 2004 15:42:54 -0800
<html><div style='background-color:'><P>Did he agree to give the money back as part of the plea? Would they have been able to prosecute him if he didn't plead guilty? What are the facts surrounding the case? </P>
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<P>This doesn't sound like the Latah County Prosecuting office that I know. So maybe something else is there that we don't know.</P>
<P>Just curious.</P>
<P>I am more concerned about people in jail for MJ use and falsely imprisoned.</P>
<P>Donovan J Arnold</P>
<P>PS Article states: "The plea agreement does not include incarceration because of jail time she already served"<BR><BR></P></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>From: "Art Deco aka W. Fox" <deco@moscow.com>
<DIV></DIV>>To: "Vision 2020" <vision2020@moscow.com>
<DIV></DIV>>CC: "Nathan Alford Daily News" <alford@dnews.com>, "Hillary Hamm Daily News" <hhamm@dnews.com>
<DIV></DIV>>Subject: [Vision2020] Sentencing for Secind Felony Theft Conviction in Latah County: No Jail Time Plus a Withheld Judgment
<DIV></DIV>>Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 11:43:34 -0800
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Concerned Latah County Citizens,
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Below the line is an article from today's (03/27/04) Daily News written by
<DIV></DIV>>Hilary Hamm.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Does anyone have any concern about the sentence being agreed to by the Latah
<DIV></DIV>>County Prosecutor's Office?
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>The is the second offense of a large amount of money stolen by the criminal.
<DIV></DIV>>The first crime: theft of $10,950 from a local bank. The second crime (pending
<DIV></DIV>>adjudication): theft of $6,670 from the Troy 4-H/FFA Booster Organization. How
<DIV></DIV>>much lower can you get?
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>A plea bargain is being offered by the prosecutor's office with no jail time and
<DIV></DIV>>with a withheld judgment to boot.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Why a plea bargain? Why no jail time? Why a withheld judgment? We are not
<DIV></DIV>>talking about shoplifting a candy bar from WalMart. We are talking about two
<DIV></DIV>>large thefts. Is the Latah county Prosecutor's office running a spa for serious
<DIV></DIV>>offenders? What are they thinking?
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>What message does this proposed sentence send to potential embezzlers? Does it
<DIV></DIV>>mean that if you are not caught, all is OK. If you are caught, you only have to
<DIV></DIV>>give the money back, but not go to jail and not have a record of the crime.
<DIV></DIV>>Sounds like a win-win situation for the criminal. Will didos like this attract
<DIV></DIV>>more criminals to Latah County?
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Why doesn't the prosecutor's office take the case to trial and let the chips
<DIV></DIV>>fall where they may? I thought that was what taxpayers were paying for.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Has the sloth in the county prosecutor's office now reached such a dizzy height
<DIV></DIV>>that even seasoned law enforcement officers are openly appalled by many of the
<DIV></DIV>>plea bargains made?
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Am I missing something? Does anyone agree or disagree with the prosecutor's
<DIV></DIV>>decision?
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Please educate me.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Wayne
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Art Deco (Wayne Fox)
<DIV></DIV>>deco@moscow.com
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>
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<DIV></DIV>>__________________________________________
<DIV></DIV>>Deary woman to face charges of grand theft
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<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Hillary Hamm
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>A Deary woman will appear in court May 3 on charges of grand theft.
<DIV></DIV>>Tamara Iverson, 35, has been charged with the felony for allegedly embezzling
<DIV></DIV>>$6,670 from the Troy 4-H/FFA Booster Organization between January 2000 and
<DIV></DIV>>January 2003 when she acted as treasurer for the groups.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Latah County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Michelle Evans said a tentative plea
<DIV></DIV>>agreement has been reached with Iverson.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>"Basically, we want her to be held accountable to all the victims and the
<DIV></DIV>>community because she's destroyed a lot of faith and trust in that organization
<DIV></DIV>>and that needs to be rebuilt," Evans said.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Iverson's attorney, Gregory Dickison of Moscow, could not be reached for
<DIV></DIV>>comment.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>The plea agreement states that Iverson will receive a withheld judgment and be
<DIV></DIV>>placed on probation for an amount of time to be determined by Superior Court
<DIV></DIV>>Judge John Stegner.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Iverson also must pay a restitution amount of approximately $5,000, Evans said.
<DIV></DIV>>She has already voluntarily repaid the booster organization nearly $3,500 within
<DIV></DIV>>the last year.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>The plea agreement does not include incarceration because of jail time she
<DIV></DIV>>already served in a similar embezzlement case.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>In June 2003, Iverson was found guilty in a federal court for embezzling $10,950
<DIV></DIV>>from customer accounts while she was employed by U.S. Bank in Moscow. She was
<DIV></DIV>>sentenced to two months imprisonment, four years probation and restitution of
<DIV></DIV>>$10,950.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Members of Troy 4-H/FFA Booster Organization reported the latest alleged
<DIV></DIV>>embezzlement in June. Iverson became treasure of the organization in 1999 and
<DIV></DIV>>was responsible for the checkbook and bank account until 2003.
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<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Hillary Hamm can be reached at
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<DIV></DIV>>(208) 882-5561, ext. 228, or by
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>e-mail at hhamm@dnews.com.
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