Tuesday, May 18, 1999
Embezzler's sentence suspended
BY RAY SCHAEFER
Enquirer Contributor
COVINGTON — A woman convicted of embezzling more than $5,600 from a local organization was given a one-year suspended sentence Monday.
Kenton Circuit Judge Douglas Stephens sentenced Shirley McCausland, 60, of Covington, to one year in jail.
He then discharged the sentence on the condition she commit no other crime for a year.
Mrs. McCausland was also ordered to pay court costs, and she faces no other probation. She has since repaid the money she was convicted of taking.
Robert Carran, Mrs. McCausland's attorney, said she could have faced up to five years in prison.
“She is very relieved that the matter is over, and she remains very grateful to the many, many friends who have helped her through this crisis,” Mr. Carran said.
Mrs. McCausland was the former state treasurer of Colonial Dames, a social and political organization. She was arrested in December in Kettering, Ohio, and she pleaded guilty last month to stealing the money from the Colonial Dames by writing checks totaling $5,640 for her personal use.
The Kenton Commonwealth Attorney's Office had recommended a suspended sentence or probation. Mr. Carran said Judge Stephens' sentence was the most lenient possible for a Class D felony.
Mrs. McCausland was well known because of her marriage to local developer John McCausland and her involvement in political and social activities.
She is a former field representative for U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell and was involved in the Kenton County Republican Club, the Greater Cincinnati Film Commission and the St. Luke Hospital Foundation Board.
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