Widow of New York State Homicide-Suicide Deputy Imprisoned for Theft
The widow of a New York State deputy who stole greater than $500K from the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Workplace, then murdered his son earlier than killing himself, has been sentenced to 6 months in jail for her function within the theft.
Karen Eames enters a courtroom in Syracuse, NY on Tuesday. She survived being shot within the head by her husband, however was implicated within the scheme to steal cash from the Sheriff’s Workplace. (Picture: Syracuse.com)
Karen Eames was additionally an supposed sufferer of her husband, Isaac Eames’ murder-suicide, which occurred in February 2022 as he feared his crimes have been about to be uncovered.
She was shot within the head and survived. She was later arrested on suspicion that she profited from the scheme and helped gamble a lot of the stolen cash away at casinos.
‘You May Have Mentioned No’
An Onondaga County Choose informed Eames on Monday that she’d had the facility to cease the tragedy from unfolding.
There’s one particular person on this room that would have prevented this …” Choose Theodore Limpert mentioned on the sentencing, as reported by Syracuse.com. “You may have mentioned to your husband, ‘Cease. Cease taking the cash. Give it again. It’s not ours. It’s not proper.’”
Karen Eames pleaded responsible in April to second-degree prison possession of stolen property, a felony. As a part of her plea deal, she prevented extra critical prices of felony grand larceny, which might have resulted in a jail sentence of as much as 15 years.
Prosecutors claimed that Eames inspired the embezzlement and was blissful to spend the cash her husband was stealing. For a short time, the couple lived “the excessive life,” blowing 1000’s on playing and holidays.
Incriminating Texts
Isaac Eames withdrew cash from the sheriff’s workplace account to the couple’s joint account on 13 separate events for a complete of $529K.
On one event, Karen Eames despatched her husband a textual content picture of herself with round $7,000 in money in her lap. In one other textual content message, Isaac Eames informed her he was going to switch $44K from the account into their very own checking account. She replied with a smiley face.
You have been concerned on this from the start,” Limpert mentioned. “You have been a companion on this.”
Karen Eames’ lawyer argued his shopper had minimal involvement within the fraud, and that she had “suffered sufficient” from the lack of her household, her dwelling, and her well being.
“I merely went together with one thing that I mustn’t have,” Eames informed the court docket in an apology previous to sentencing. “This was out of character for me.”
