Ex-Chicago cop convicted of swindling elderly man with Alzheimer's disease

Ex-Chicago cop convicted of swindling elderly man

Please note: Comments in red are those of editor Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, ProbateSharks.com.


A former veteran Chicago police officer was convicted Thursday of swindling an elderly man with Alzheimer's disease out of his $1 million estate more than 10 years ago, AG Madigan, why did it take 12 years to convict this ex-cop? I'm sure the relatives were screaming bloody murder! authorities said.

Donald Owsley, 63, was found guilty of financial exploitation of the elderly and forgery following a weeklong bench trial before Cook County Criminal Court Judge Timothy Joyce. The judge acquitted him of official misconduct. Why was this ex-cop aquitted?
Owsley, a veteran of more than 30 years with the department, faces a sentence ranging from probation to 15 years in prison, said a state's attorney's office spokesman. Want to bet he never spends a day in jail.
Authorities alleged that in 1999 Owsley met Theodore Hoellen, then in his 80s, after a neighbor contacted police with concerns about Hoellen's mental state. Hoellen is now deceased.
Authorities contended that over time Owsley persuaded Hoellen to sign over his Northwest Side residence as well as investment accounts worth a combined $1 million.
Owsley was charged criminally in late 2004 hours after a Cook County judge, ruling in a civil lawsuit filed by the Cook County public guardian's office, found that the officer had swindled Hoellen out of his estate. Why is it necessary to to file a civil suit in order to have criminal charge brought?
The public guardian alleged at the time Why wasn't he charged for those crimes? Was the Probate Court of Cook County involved in any of those crimes? that Owsley attempted the same scheme on three other elderly victims, but he was charged criminally in only the Hoellen case.
In an email, Hoellen's nephew John Hoellen said the family was pleased that Owsley was finally "being held accountable for his abuse of the public trust."
"This could have been anyone's elderly relative," he said.  The public trust is abused every day in the corrupt Probate Court of Cook County.
Attorney Jed Stone, who defended Owsley at the bench trial, insisted his client and Hoellen had a special father-son relationship and that Hoellen had told others he didn't want his family to share in his inheritance. Jed, is that the best you can do?
Owsley resigned from the department after he was criminally charged in 2004.

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Editor's note:  Your ProbateShark is amazed that Officer Owsley is criminally charged for robbing a disabled person of a million dollars, thus denying the legitimate family heirs of their inheritance. The Probate Court of Cook County is also converting the estates of the elderly into the the pockets of greedy lawyers and judges, thus denying the legitimate family heirs of their inheritance.  Why isn't the Illinois Attorney General or the State's Attorneys Office charging the corrupt Probate Court of Cook County similarly?  Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, ProbateSharks.com