Oxford Investigation
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Eugene Driscoll | Jul 31, 2012 12:18 pm
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Former Oxford Tax Collector Karen Guillet accepted a plea bargain Tuesday morning that could see her serve five years behind bars.
Guillet pleaded guilty to first-degree larceny, a felony. She faces a maximum sentence of 12 years in prison suspended after serving five years, plus five years probation.
In addition, Guillet will have to pay back the $243,902.18 authorities charged her with stealing from Oxford.
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‘Update: Ex-Oxford Tax Collector Pleads Guilty’
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Ethan Fry | Jul 27, 2012 12:33 am
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A plea deal prosecutors offered to ex-Oxford includes jail time, the Valley Independent Sentinel has learned.
Just how much time Karen Guillet could spend behind bars isn’t known.
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‘Plea Offer In Guillet Case ‘Not A Slap On The Wrist’’
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Staff | Jul 22, 2012 10:20 pm
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When the town of Oxford sued the state two months ago, officials said it was a necessary step to get a judge to resolve the mess in its tax office left by the alleged embezzlement of former tax collector Karen Guillet.
Ten days ago the state officially responded to the suit. Its message, briefly: you should have just asked us first.
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‘State To Oxford: You Didn’t Follow The Rules’
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Staff | Jun 7, 2012 10:53 am
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The state is going to offer ex-tax collector Karen Guillet a plea bargain at her next court date, July 18 in Milford, according to her attorney.
Details of that agreement are not known at his time.
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‘Attorney: Plea Deal To Be Offered In Ex-Oxford Tax Collector Case’
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Ethan 193 Fry | May 22, 2012 8:21 pm
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Oxford officials are taking hundreds of names and millions of dollars off a controversial list of delinquent taxpayers distributed in February.
Tax Collector Cayenne Spremullo made the announcement during a press conference at Town Hall Tuesday, called to discuss a lawsuit the town filed against the state to resolve issues stemming from the alleged theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars by Spremullo’s predecessor, Karen Guillet.
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‘Oxford Sorting Out Delinquent Tax List’
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Ethan 193 Fry | May 19, 2012 6:55 am
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The Town of Oxford has filed a lawsuit asking a judge how to fix issues stemming from the alleged theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars by former Tax Collector Karen Guillet.
The suit was filed Thursday at Superior Court in Milford, according to court records. The listed defendant is the state’s Office of Policy and Management, a part of the executive branch which deals with property tax issues, among other things.
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‘Oxford Sues State To Resolve Tax Mess’
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Ethan 193 Fry | Apr 25, 2012 12:01 pm
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The lawyer representing former Oxford Tax Collector Karen Guillet in a criminal case said he has completed reviewing evidence provided by prosecutors and has begun discussions regarding a resolution.
“We had an exchange of ideas,” the lawyer, Dominick Thomas, said outside court Tuesday morning. He did not specify what kind of resolution he is trying to work out.
Guillet’s case was continued to May 31 after Thomas discussed the case with prosecutors behind closed doors.
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‘‘Exchange Of Ideas’ In Guillet Case’
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Ethan 193 Fry | Apr 12, 2012 8:47 pm
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Oxford Selectmen will ask a Superior Court judge how to proceed in resolving issues stemming from the alleged theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars by former Tax Collector Karen Guillet.
At a Selectmen meeting April 4, town attorney Kevin Condon described the move made as the first step in straightening out the town’s “delinquent” tax list. The list was compiled in February, shortly after First Selectman George Temple took office.
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‘Oxford Moves To Resolve ‘Can Of Worms’ Tax Mess’
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Ethan 193 Fry | Mar 15, 2012 11:17 am
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The criminal case against former Oxford Tax Collector Karen Guillet was continued Thursday at Superior Court in Milford so her lawyer can finish reviewing documentary evidence in the case.
Guillet appeared briefly before Judge Richard Arnold just after 10 a.m., where her lawyer, Dominick Thomas, said he would “be able to discuss this matter in much more substance” with prosecutors if he could get a continuance to April 25.
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‘Ex-Oxford Tax Collector Case Continued Again’
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Eugene Driscoll | Feb 15, 2012 11:48 pm
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Oxford First Selectman George Temple apologized Wednesday for offending residents, but said releasing a list with some 2,000 delinquent tax accounts had to be done.
“Nobody in this town elected me to be a coward and I’m not backing away from a difficult situation. We’re going to straighten this out,” Temple said.
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‘Temple On Tax List: ‘Nobody Elected Me To Be A Coward’’
