Monday, January 19, 2015

Man pleads guilty to exploitation of elderly father


An Elgin man accused of financial exploitation of an elderly person avoided a possible prison term by accepting a plea deal that will have him serving two years of probation and paying nearly $17,000 in restitution, according to Kane County court records.

Robert B. Plagemann, 53, of the 400 block of North Spring Street, was set to go on trial next week on felony charges that carried a penalty of up to 15 years in prison.

Instead, Plagemann pleaded guilty to the exploitation charge in exchange for prosecutors dropping other counts, records show. Plagemann was ordered to pay $19,086 in fines, fees and $16,796 in restitution at a rate of $355 per month, records show.

Judge Clint Hull accepted the plea. Plagemann can be resentenced to four to 15 years in prison if he violates his probation.

Plagemann was arrested in September 2012 and accused of stealing at least $5,000 from his 90-year-old father's bank account and failing to pay bills to a South Elgin nursing home.

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Man pleads guilty to exploitation of elderly father

3 comments:

Leonard said...

I am glad to see restitution ordered.

StandUp said...

If he had continued to pay the nursing home, he probably would not have been caught. That's scary!

Anonymous said...

The law for financial elder abuse IS to pay back three time of what was taken.
It's a shame people think it's alright to take from thier parents.worst is taking it to probate to stop from getting processcuted. But probate will go after the thieves. Dumb greaty people walked right into that one.