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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowAn Indianapolis attorney has pleaded guilty to theft charges after prosecutors say she took nearly $600,000 from two accounts for which she was responsible.
The Marion County prosecutor's office announced the plea agreement with Stacy Sheedy on Wednesday. Prosecutors say she faces a sentence of up to eight years. Her sentencing is scheduled for April 26 in Marion County Superior Court.
Sheedy, a local lawyer and accountant, had been charged with three counts of theft and one count of forgery following an extensive investigation that found $596,000 missing from two accounts.
Prosecutors were alerted last year to a possible theft from a guardianship account supporting an elderly woman diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and residing in a nursing home. Investigators found several unauthorized transfers and withdrawals, including checks Sheedy wrote to herself and to her business totaling more than $170,000, prosecutors said.
Sheedy received responsibility for the guardianship account in June 2010 and was removed in April 2011. Prosecutors allege she made at least 32 unauthorized withdrawals in a six-month span.
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