{"id":277342,"date":"2023-06-14T04:53:37","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T09:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=277342"},"modified":"2023-06-14T11:44:49","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T16:44:49","slug":"widow-of-murder-suicide-new-york-state-deputy-imprisoned-for-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/widow-of-murder-suicide-new-york-state-deputy-imprisoned-for-theft\/","title":{"rendered":"Widow of New York State Deputy Who Committed Murder-Suicide Imprisoned for Theft"},"content":{"rendered":"

The widow of a New York State deputy who stole more than $500K from the Onondaga County<\/a> Sheriff\u2019s Office, then murdered his son before killing himself, has been sentenced to six months in prison for her role in the theft.<\/p>\n

\"Karen
Karen Eames enters a courtroom in Syracuse, NY on Tuesday. She survived being shot in the head by her husband, but was implicated in the scheme to steal money from the Sheriff\u2019s Office. (Image: Syracuse.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Karen Eames was also an intended victim of her husband, Isaac Eames\u2019 murder-suicide, which occurred in February 2022 as he feared his crimes were about to be exposed.<\/p>\n

She was shot in the head and survived. She was later arrested on suspicion that she profited from the scheme and helped gamble much of the stolen money away at casinos.<\/p>\n

\u2018You Could Have Said No\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n

An Onondaga County Judge told Eames on Monday that she\u2019d had the power to stop the tragedy from unfolding.<\/p>\n

There is one person in this room that could have prevented this \u2026\u201d<\/strong> Judge Theodore Limpert said at the sentencing, as reported by Syracuse.com. \u201cYou could have said to your husband, \u2018Stop. Stop taking the money. Give it back. It\u2019s not ours. It\u2019s not right.\u2019\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Karen Eames pleaded guilty in April to second-degree criminal possession of stolen property, a felony. As part of her plea deal, she avoided more serious charges of felony grand larceny, which could have resulted in a prison sentence of up to 15 years.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors claimed that Eames encouraged the embezzlement and was happy to spend the money her husband was stealing. For a short while, the couple lived \u201cthe high life,\u201d blowing thousands on gambling and vacations.<\/p>\n

Incriminating Texts<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Isaac Eames withdrew money from the sheriff\u2019s office account to the couple\u2019s joint account on 13 separate occasions for a total of $529K.<\/p>\n

On one occasion, Karen Eames sent her husband a text image of herself with around $7,000 in cash in her lap. In another text message, Isaac Eames told her he was going to transfer $44K from the account into their own bank account. She replied with a smiley face.<\/p>\n

You were involved in this from the beginning,\u201d<\/strong> Limpert said. \u201cYou were a partner in this.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Karen Eames\u2019 lawyer argued his client had minimal involvement in the fraud, and that she had \u201csuffered enough\u201d from the loss of her family, her home, and her health.<\/p>\n

\u201cI simply went along with something that I should not have,\u201d Eames told the court in an apology prior to sentencing. \u201cThis was out of character for me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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