A former Carmel woman was sent to prison for a 90-day evaluation to determine if she should be sentenced to a longer term for bilking her elderly mother out of $300,000 worth cash and property and abandoning her.
Lisa MacAdams, 53, was remanded into custody by Judge Terrance Duncan. Prison officials and psychiatrists will recommend whether she should be sentenced to prison or probation and jail time.
MacAdams and her daughter, Christi Schoenbachler, the victim's 30-year-old granddaughter, were convicted in a nonjury trial before Judge Terrance Duncan in November. Schoenbachler will be sentenced Jan. 29. The women could be sentenced to more than four years in prison.
In 2002, the 72-year-old victim moved with MacAdams to Carmel to be near Schoenbachler, who was part-owner of a Pacific Grove Pilates studio. The victim had money from the sale of her mobile home, an annuity worth $90,000, furniture, art and jewelry worth up to $200,000. Two years later, it was gone and she was abandoned at a local nursing home.
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Judge Defers Sentence in Elder Case
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Found Guilty of Bilking More Than $300K
9 comments:
Max 'em out!
Whoever heard of this? An evaluation to determine her sentence?
What? A judge Judge Terrance Duncan needs someone to advise him how to sentence a guilty convicted defendant, how to sentence a crook?
Hey, ask me what the sentence should be - harsh prison sentence, no mercy.
Is is time for Judge Duncan to find another way to make ends meet?
This Judge needs to be evaluated! There was NO evidence that these ladies took $300k from the grandmother/mother. Further more, this "elderly" woman has sued a number of people within her family for the same thing! She currently owes back taxes to the IRS and told them she didn't have any assets at the time. Now she is claiming she had $200k in assets! I think the IRS needs to look into this woman. 2 innocent people have been sentenced to jail now, for nothing....think about people, this could happen to any one of us, this judge required NO evidence! It's ridiculous!
Anon 3, were you at the hearings?
Did she ask for a jury trial?
well someone had to investigate this case and someone had to draft the summons and criminal complaint and file it with the court all of this takes an investigator to look over the money paper trail something or a lot is missing in anon's version and who asked for a bench trial? the defendant? the prosecutor?
Im annon 3 ...
I have known the "grandaughter" for 15 years and have been there with her through this process. She not only cared for her grandmother but also cared for her husband's grandmother as well until she sadly passed last year.
Her attny didn't think she needed a Jury because of the lack of any evidence. Bad advice if you ask me. The grandmother had asked her grandaughter for her help to sue the grandmother's son for elder abuse. She said she'd have no part in that..and look what happened...now she is the one accused of elder abuse. Anybody can accuse someone of something but proof should be required! The grandmother showed receipts of furniture from 40 years ago... If she truly had the money/assets when she said she did, then why didn't she pay her taxes, when she still owes $250k to the IRS?
Doesn't make sense to me.
I wonder why the granddaughter, Christi, would leave while all this is going on to go to Colorado? Crazy that she would forget about this case. Maybe it's because she was worried about her charges of Felony Theft in Denver. Well, that case is over. She was convicted, and given a three year sentence.
Red4bluez...
Christi's husband got a job transfer. Since business had slowed down in Monterey, this was the best option for them. She travelled back and forth to Monterey and never attempted to "run" and didn't clome close to "forgetting" about this case. What a ridiculous comment. Case is being appealed, which is a no brainer. She was sentenced to 2 years not 3.
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