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By John Seewer
Associated Press writer
POSTED: 10:28 a.m. EDT, Apr 09, 2008
TOLEDO: An attorney who made up a story about being kidnapped while she was pregnant and driven to Georgia was sentenced today to probation for two years and fined $300.
Authorities said Karyn McConnell Hancock, 35, who was missing for three days in December, told them a man with a gun and two others abducted her outside a juvenile court building in downtown Toledo and forced her into the back of a van. She later recanted.
She pleaded guilty in January to one count of making false alarms. The misdemeanor charge carried a maximum sentence of six months in jail and a $1,000 fine.
Hancock, who gave birth to a girl three weeks ago, apologized before she was sentenced to her family and friends along with law enforcement officers who spent time investigating her disappearance. ''I hope they find it in their hearts to forgive me,'' she said.
Visiting Judge David Faulkner said her actions were likely triggered by stress and depression.
Hancock's attorney Jerry Phillips said he expects her to be charged with theft and forgery based on accusations from former clients who say she stole money from them. He said it was possible that she will face time in jail.
At least 10 of her former clients have come forward since her arrest, claiming that she stole money from them.
Hancock, a former city councilwoman, has settled one claim with a man who said she stole $128,000 from an insurance settlement.
Phillips said he did not know what she did with the money or why she did it.
Hancock's husband has said she had a ''meltdown'' and that she was seeking treatment.
She was reported missing Dec. 5 and was found three days later after she flagged down a motorist near Six Flags in Austell, Ga. Her car was found nearby.
Investigators said she drove by herself to the Atlanta area in December.
She told police she was tired and wanted to get away.
Hancock's father, C. Allen McConnell, is a Toledo Municipal Court judge, and her husband is church bishop.
Investigators have said they don't think her husband or anyone else knew what she was doing.
TOLEDO: An attorney who made up a story about being kidnapped while she was pregnant and driven to Georgia was sentenced today to probation for two years and fined $300.
Authorities said Karyn McConnell Hancock, 35, who was missing for three days in December, told them a man with a gun and two others abducted her outside a juvenile court building in downtown Toledo and forced her into the back of a van. She later recanted.
She pleaded guilty in January to one count of making false alarms. The misdemeanor charge carried a maximum sentence of six months in jail and a $1,000 fine.
Hancock, who gave birth to a girl three weeks ago, apologized before she was sentenced to her family and friends along with law enforcement officers who spent time investigating her disappearance. ''I hope they find it in their hearts to forgive me,'' she said.
Visiting Judge David Faulkner said her actions were likely triggered by stress and depression.
Hancock's attorney Jerry Phillips said he expects her to be charged with theft and forgery based on accusations from former clients who say she stole money from them. He said it was possible that she will face time in jail.
At least 10 of her former clients have come forward since her arrest, claiming that she stole money from them.
Hancock, a former city councilwoman, has settled one claim with a man who said she stole $128,000 from an insurance settlement.
Phillips said he did not know what she did with the money or why she did it.
Hancock's husband has said she had a ''meltdown'' and that she was seeking treatment.
She was reported missing Dec. 5 and was found three days later after she flagged down a motorist near Six Flags in Austell, Ga. Her car was found nearby.
Investigators said she drove by herself to the Atlanta area in December.
She told police she was tired and wanted to get away.
Hancock's father, C. Allen McConnell, is a Toledo Municipal Court judge, and her husband is church bishop.
Investigators have said they don't think her husband or anyone else knew what she was doing.
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