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Man named Death charged with stealing from cemetery PDF Print E-mail
Written by DeadGirl   
Sunday, 03 April 2005
By FRANK ELTMAN
Associated Press Writer

March 30, 2005, 10:25 AM EST

NEW YORK -- His name is Death and prosecutors say he stole from a cemetery.

Donald Death Jr., 60, of Locust Valley was awaiting arraignment Wednesday on charges he stole nearly $300,000 from the Locust Valley Cemetery Association on Long Island. Death, who is the chairman and assistant treasurer of the cemetery association, was charged with two counts of second-degree grand larceny and one count of third-degree grand larceny for allegedly using cemetery funds for his own purposes, Nassau County District Attorney Denis Dillon said in a statement.

If convicted he faces up to 15 years in prison.

The charges follow an audit of the cemetery association that took place last summer. It found that Death allegedly wrote checks totaling $170,000 from the cemetery association's account to Harbor Fuel Co., Inc. Death served as that company's president, CEO, and 54 percent shareholder, Dillon said.

The audit also found that Death used an association employee to provide landscaping and other work on properties he and his father owned, and allegedly added a family member to the association's health and dental insurance plans.

The total amount of money allegedly diverted by Death was estimated at $293,070.46, Dillon said.

Death's attorney, Melvin Roth, said his client would plead not guilty at his arraignment in First District Court in Hempstead. He said the entire amount has already been repaid to the association, adding he was "disappointed the district attorney filed criminal charges, especially because everyone concerned has been made whole from this unfortunate incident."

He called Death an "upstanding member of the community who has served on many boards and charities" and attributed the incident to "business pressures Mr. Death was experiencing. We anticipate a favorable conclusion."

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--cemeterytheft0330mar30,0,6868836.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork
 
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