Politics & Government
Former Venetia Attorney Sentenced for Forgery, Theft
A former Washington County attorney will serve more than 11 months in jail for forging signatures and stealing from clients.
Editor's Note: This story was last updated at 1:50 p.m. Tuesday.
from Venetia was sentenced Tuesday to 11 1/2 to 23 months in jail, according to the Observer-Reporter.
James A. Marchewka, 43, will also be fined $30,000 and ordered to pay full restitution for forging the signatures of judges, attorneys and clients on fake legal papers, and stealing more than $250,000 from clients over several years, the newspaper reports.
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A docket shows Marchewka pleaded guilty in April to more than 90 criminal charges before Senior Judge Jay Ober.
Twenty-five years of probation will follow his jail sentence.
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