The grand jury indicted Lee for a total of 65 checks between March 13, 1992 and June 9, 1993. One other count covers money Lee allegedly stole "at some point between February 12 and November 25, 1992," indictment records state.
According to the records, Lee withdrew large amounts of money regularly over 15 months.
Indictment records indicate that Lee never went more than 26 days without writing himself another A review of Lee's personal bank records revealed that Lee withdrew all the money he took from the Eliot House accounts by July 1993, Cassidy wrote. "The money that Lee spent was the Jimmy Fund's money, and we intend to prove that," Murphy said. Sword will be tried on just one count of grand larceny. The charges stem from checks Sword allegedly wrote in the period beginning "on or about October 2, 1991 and continuing to on or about June 4, 1993," according to indictment records. Cassidy also wrote that she found 27 checks totalling $11,263.18 that were either written out to Sword or used for related personal expenses. Cassidy also wrote that she traced another $1,175 of the missing money to cash backs taken by Sword when transferring funds to and from the Jimmy Fund checking and money market accounts. Murphy, however, may not even be forced to present the evidence against Sword. Cassidy wrote that Sword has "voluntarily provided to authorities a...Statement wherein he admitted the theft of approximately $10-$12,000." Asked about the statement after his client's arraignment, Sword's attorney, Robert D. Canty St. '57 said: "I'll have to see what [the district attorney's office] has. I don't think that he has given any signed statement." Canty did not return several phone calls last week. Murphy said that "90 percent of defendants change their [not guilty] pleas to guilty before they go to trial." He declined to speculate on whether Sword or Lee would do so. Defense If the cases do ultimately go to trial, defense lawyers may try any number of strategies. Read more in News
