Man gets jail for stealing from deployed Iraq soldier after wife died

Brisbane man who embezzled from soldier in Iraq gets jail time

By Joshua Melvin
Posted: 02/02/2012
A Brisbane man who embezzled $30,000 from a soldier while he was deployed in Iraq was sentenced Thursday to four months in jail, a prosecutor said.

Kenneth McCall, 66, was taken into custody immediately after sentencing in San Mateo County Superior Court, said chief deputy district attorney Karen Guidotti. However he can ask to serve his sentence at home under electronic monitoring. For the moment, the Sheriff's Office has not given him permission to do so.

McCall must also complete three years of probation and pay $30,221.71 to the victim.

Prosecutors say the victim, who was emotional in court Thursday as he recounted the damage caused by the crime, gave McCall power of attorney when he was deployed to Iraq in September 2006.

The victim needed someone to manage his finances during his tour of duty. His wife had died in 2005 and he put his children in the care of a neighbor while he was at war.
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