Attorney General Terry Goddard announced today that Linda Darlene Giles, 58, of Tucson, has been sentenced in Pima County Superior Court to 18.5 years in prison for financial abuse of a vulnerable adult and emotional abuse of a vulnerable adult. She must also pay $540,000 in restitution.In March 2009, Giles was sentenced to 10.5 years in prison for manslaughter in the death of James Carafas, who was 85 years old. The sentence for abuse will be served concurrently with the manslaughter sentence.
According to investigators, Carafas had known Giles for approximately 35 years. At the time his wife passed away in 2003, Carafas suffered from two types of cancer, as well as being both hearing and sight impaired.
During the 15 months she lived with Carafas, Giles gained control over $3 million in real estate and more than $100,000 in cash belonging to Carafas.
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Tucson Woman Gets 18 Years in Prison for Abuse of Elderly Man
Good for her! Got what she deserved. Now if our legal system would take more of them off the street. The ones in a position to protect do this everyday. Friends, strangers, court appointed professional guardians... every where you look the vulnerable are being robbed.
ReplyDeleteApplause and standing ovation to: Attorney General Terry Goddard's office and all of the investigators and prosecutors on this case!!!
ReplyDeleteBye bye Linda Darlene Giles. I hope there is truth in sentencing laws.
I hope the word about you spreads in the prison system so you are treated in the same manner that you earned and deserve.
Why concurrent sentences?
ReplyDeleteIf she were sentenced separately, she wouldn't get out in time to do more damage.
You are sick people. I know that is not true that man took care of me for years.
DeleteI AGREE WITH ANON BYE BYE I HOPE YOU HAVE A REAL MISERABLE TIME LOCKED IN YOUR CAGE TIL YOU ARE VERY OLD OR DEAD
ReplyDeleteI think these types deserve to be sentenced to a cardboard box under a bridge somewhere left to panhandle for their daily coffee.
ReplyDeleteThree hots, a cot, and prison life replete with medical care is just to easy ....
Applause and standing ovation to: Attorney General Terry Goddard's
ReplyDeleteI wish we had an AG in CT who would advocate to stop guardianship abuse