Wisconsin official gets 2 years for stealing from veterans' charity

Wis. official gets 2 years in vet charity theft
By Dinesh Ramde
The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Dec 7, 2012
MILWAUKEE (AP)

A former associate of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker was sentenced Friday to two years in prison after he was convicted of embezzling more than $51,000 from donations intended to help veterans and their families.

Kevin D. Kavanaugh, 62, is the fifth person close to Walker to be convicted as a result of a long-running secret probe, and a sixth person is scheduled to face trial next month. Walker himself has not been charged with wrongdoing.

Before sentencing, Kavanaugh told the judge, "I'm truly sorry for disappointing all my fellow veterans." But Judge Michael D. Guolee, whose voice cracked with emotion when he recalled the testimony of soldiers' widows, dismissed the apology as "worthless."

"I don't see any remorse, no tears, no angst, no trying to explain what you did with all that money," Guolee said.
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