Son to Serve Community Service for Neglect (NC. USA)

Son To Serve Community Service For Neglect

By REECE MURPHY

Of The Record Staff

The case of a former Buies Creek couple charged in connection with the alleged neglect of the man’s 78 year-old mother wound to a quiet conclusion Monday with a suspended sentence and community service for the man and charges dropped against the woman.

George Alexander Kaneklides, 57, and his wife, Ann, 53, were each facing charges of domestic neglect of a disabled or elderly adult and domestic abuse of a disabled or elderly adult. The couple was originally charged in April of 2006.

The charges stemmed from the alleged neglect of Mr. Kaneklides’ mother, Linda Kaneklides, between September 2003 and November 2005 while she lived with the couple at a home the elder Mrs. Kaneklides owned in Keith Hills.

Holding a piece of paper that betrayed his shaking hands, Mr. Kaneklides, now of Coats, stood before Wake County Judge Paul Gessner during a special session of Harnett County’s Superior Court and entered an Alford plea to one misdemeanor count of patient neglect.

In exchange for the Alford plea, which allows him to assert his innocence while admitting the state has sufficient evidence against him to convict, Mr. Kaneklides was sentenced to serve a 75-day suspended sentence, one-year supervised probation and 50 hours of community service with associated fees of $200. The Alford plea is counted as a guilty plea on court records.

Abridged

SOURCE: The Daily Record

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