Published: 4:42 pm Monday, May. 21, 2012
Updated: 5:11 pm Monday, May. 21, 2012
Pismo Beach lawyer gets 5 years of probation for embezzling $275,000
William Peter TerhuneBy Nick Wilson
nwilson@thetribunenews.com
Nick Wilson The Tribune
Correction: William Terhune received a sentence of five years of probation, not five years in prison.
A South County lawyer was sentenced to five years' probation and credit for 213 days of time served in County Jail today after pleading no contest to felony grand theft by embezzlement.
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Attorney pleads no contest to theft A Pismo Beach lawyer accused of taking money from a client has pleaded no contest to felony grand theft by embezzlement. William Peter Terhune, 57, was arrested in July on suspicion of transferring about $275,000 to his business account from the estate of Junko S. Hensling, which he had been administrating, according to a report filed by the San Luis Obispo Police Department. Hensling, a native of Japan, was a resident of Los Osos at the time of her death in December 2007, according to a police report. She willed her estate to a sole beneficiary, Momoko Sasaki of Japan.
Pismo Beach lawyer pleads no contest to embezzling $275,000 from client
Pismo Beach lawyer pleads no contest to embezzling $275,000 from client William Peter Terhune, 57, a Pismo Beach lawyer accused of taking money from a client, pleaded no contest Thursday to felony grand theft by embezzlement.
Terhune transferred about $275,000 to his business account from the estate of Junko S. Hensling, which he'd been administering, according to a report filed by the San Luis Obispo Police Department.
Hensling, a native of Japan, was a resident of Los Osos at the time of her death in December 2007, according to a police report. She willed her estate to a sole beneficiary, Momoko Sasaki of Japan.
Terhune has a restitution hearing scheduled for Dec. 17 at 8:30 a.m.
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Editor's note: To Any-Mouse commenter.(a military expression) If this Shark robbed a bank of $275,00, he would be facing 20 -30 years in the pen. How can a lawyer get away with the same thievery and receive only 5 years probation? Why is this article considered drivel and demeaning to our country? Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, ProbateSharks.com
Sunday, May 27, 2012
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This site is designed to discuss probate abuse matters? How can the moderator of this site allow this dribble to be posted. Please remove this hate filled posting from the site. It dishonors our country.
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