hootysgirl
11-03-2007, 11:59 AM
Hi Everyone,
My name is Becky and I'm from Baytown, Texas. My mother is currently in Harris County Jail on Baker Street. She has been there since Oct.13, 2007.
She was charged with embezzelment (sp?) 10yrs ago and recieved probation for 10 years. Within those 10 yrs she was required to pay $100,000.00 back. She still has a balance of $67,000.00 and her probation has come to an end. She was issued a warrant for her arrest and she turned herself in on the date above. Her probation officer told her that she would probably be in there for 1 wk and they would more and likely give her more time to pay that money off. That was not the case. When she went to court she was assigned a court appointed attorney and the judge wanted to give my mom 4yrs state ! The money that she stole was from the school district in our town. My mother did not sign the offer that the judge made, so right now I'm trying to get as much info, such as tax returns, check stubs, ect., to give to her attorney because she is going back to see the judge on 11/27/07.
This is so overwhelming for me and I'm pretty sure that you guys can relate. It is hard to have a loved one in jail. I wanted to know if anyone out there is maybe in the same situation and what the outcome would be? She thinks she will have to do some jail time, but I just think 4yrs is so long especially since she was on probation for 10yrs. I do not want ya'll to think I'm making excuses for her, it just seems like a long time. I also have my brother who is mentally ill and is dependant on my mother .
I'm glad to have found this forum and from what I have read and posted before EVERYONE seems nice and very helpful.
Thank you for taking time to read my post and I hope to hear from someone ;-)
God Bless Everyone,
Becky
My name is Becky and I'm from Baytown, Texas. My mother is currently in Harris County Jail on Baker Street. She has been there since Oct.13, 2007.
She was charged with embezzelment (sp?) 10yrs ago and recieved probation for 10 years. Within those 10 yrs she was required to pay $100,000.00 back. She still has a balance of $67,000.00 and her probation has come to an end. She was issued a warrant for her arrest and she turned herself in on the date above. Her probation officer told her that she would probably be in there for 1 wk and they would more and likely give her more time to pay that money off. That was not the case. When she went to court she was assigned a court appointed attorney and the judge wanted to give my mom 4yrs state ! The money that she stole was from the school district in our town. My mother did not sign the offer that the judge made, so right now I'm trying to get as much info, such as tax returns, check stubs, ect., to give to her attorney because she is going back to see the judge on 11/27/07.
This is so overwhelming for me and I'm pretty sure that you guys can relate. It is hard to have a loved one in jail. I wanted to know if anyone out there is maybe in the same situation and what the outcome would be? She thinks she will have to do some jail time, but I just think 4yrs is so long especially since she was on probation for 10yrs. I do not want ya'll to think I'm making excuses for her, it just seems like a long time. I also have my brother who is mentally ill and is dependant on my mother .
I'm glad to have found this forum and from what I have read and posted before EVERYONE seems nice and very helpful.
Thank you for taking time to read my post and I hope to hear from someone ;-)
God Bless Everyone,
Becky