Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Ohio Man Accused of Illegally Altering Client's Will has Arraignment Postponed

AMentor man accused of illegally altering a dying woman's will was supposed to appear Monday in Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas.

Instead, William Dilley's arraignment was postponed until March 14 at his request, according to the court docket.

Dilley, 66, is charged with theft, tampering with records and perjury.

He was the financial adviser of Betty Montgomery, who lived in the Stratford Commons nursing home in Glenwillow.

Montgomery had no family and planned to divide her considerable estate between three friends, Save-A-Pet and the Holy Cancer Family Home.

However, Dilley altered her will and coerced her into signing it, so he would be the sole heir of her $750,000 estate, prosecutors said.

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Mentor Man Accused of Illegally Altering Client's Will Has Arraignment Postponed

5 comments:

  1. StandUpTuesday, March 15, 2011 9:01:00 AM

    He needs to go to jail.

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  2. AnonymousTuesday, March 15, 2011 10:06:00 AM

    A classic example of a predator.

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  3. JesseTuesday, March 15, 2011 12:12:00 PM

    I'm glad he was caught

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  4. tvfieldsTuesday, March 15, 2011 2:08:00 PM

    Jason Lea, the author of this March 7th article, is a former News-Herald reporter. The same story appears on the News-Herald's website at http://www.news-herald.com/articles/2011/03/07/news/doc4d74f06c757c6193211129.txt?viewmode=default

    After trying to contact Jason, I wrote the News-Herald so as to encourage it to connect this article to the Jan 6th article it published at http://www.news-herald.com/articles/2011/01/06/news/nh3479779.txt?viewmode=default.

    The two articles seem to complement one another. Both articles address the actions of individuals in Mentor, Ohio. Both articles address abuses of the elderly by means of altering their Wills. However, whereas the March 7th story is about the abusive action of a financial adviser from Mentor, the January 6th story is about a Mentor resident’s 20-year effort to work with authorities to bring about the legal reforms needed to prevent just such abuse.

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  5. jerriTuesday, March 15, 2011 2:38:00 PM

    i hope William Dilley sticks around for his court date this type of exploitation happens more than people realize if found guilty Dilley deserves swift harsh punishment mandatory time in prison

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