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A
former probation officer with the Franklin County probation department
was sentenced to five concurrent terms of two to six years in state
prison for stealing from clients.
John
Santy, 50, of Malone, a 25-year veteran of the probation department,
pleaded guilty in July to grand larceny, forgery and tampering with
public records.
In
his statement before sentencing, Santy said apologized to his friends
and family saying that he had “betrayed their trust…..I
have shamed them greatly”.
Acting
Franklin County Court judge Jerome Richards also sentenced Santy to one
to four years on a fraud charge and dismissed a misconduct charge.
Santy was ordered to pay $52,000 in restitution.
Officials
began investigating Santy after a probationer learned his payments
hadn’t been made to the proper authorities although he had
receipts which proved that he had paid the money to Santy. It was
determined that Santy was keeping the money that probationers were
paying towards court-ordered fines and accepting cash for forging the
signatures of judges in order to reinstate driving privileges of
probationers. 9-15-05
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