Former college trustee guilty of bilking woman out of $150,000
After deliberating less than a day, a King County Superior Court jury convicted Tom Delanty, a former Whitworth College trustee, of bilking an elderly woman out of $150,000 while he worked as her self-appointed financial adviser.
By Nancy Bartley
Seattle Times staff reporter
November 15, 2008
A former Whitworth College trustee was convicted Friday of bilking an elderly woman out of $150,000 while he worked as her self-appointed financial adviser.
It took the King County Superior Court jury less than a day to reach its verdict.
Tom Delanty, 52, of Tulalip, quickly left the courtroom on his own recognizance after the verdict was read, convicting him of 26 out of 28 counts of first- and second-degree theft and of abusing the trust of a vulnerable person.
When he is sentenced Dec. 12, Delanty could face nearly four years in prison.
Minutes after the verdict was read, Susan Boyer, the daughter of the victim, Nancy "Betty" Huegli, was on the phone to her mother, now 92 and living in a Gig Harbor retirement home.
"Mom! Mom!" she cried. "We got him. He's guilty!"
One of the jurors, who refused to give his name, said the guilty verdict came easily.
Copyright © 2008 The Seattle Times Company
Abridged
SOURCE: The Seattle Times
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