Repuke Mayor/Funeral Home Owner Steals From The Dead

[DeSwiss]

Glenolden mayor charged in funeral-home thefts

The Philedelphia-Inquirer
By Mari A. Schaefer, Inquirer Staff Writer
Posted on Sat, Aug. 22, 2009


Theodore Bathurst has been charged with theft.

When Delaware County detectives knocked on his door, the mayor of Glenolden knew what they wanted. "I was wondering when you guys were coming to talk with me," Theodore P. Bathurst told investigators, according to court papers. Yesterday, Bathurst was charged with stealing more than $78,000 held in escrow for clients who pre-paid burial expenses at his former funeral business, the Delaware County district attorney announced.

Bathurst, a Republican, has been mayor since 1994. He did not seek renomination in the spring primary. His term expires in January, according to county officials. According to court documents, Bathurst, 68, sold the McCausland-Bathurst Funeral Home at 202 Chester Pike in August 2007. At the time, he signed a document saying all escrow accounts were up to date and fully funded.

Bathurst is charged with theft, deceptive business practices, securing execution of documents by deception, receiving stolen property, and misapplication of entrusted property, according to court documents.

As he left the courthouse after his arrest, Bathurst did not comment. The funeral home's current owner, Patricia L. Garrity, discovered the funds missing when she tried to access an escrow account upon the death of a client in March 2008. She declined comment on the matter.

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- Finally. A crooked Repuke politician story that isn't about C Street, adultery and/or hookers.

Of course he could have spent the money on hookers......
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DeSwiss


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[Ikonoklast]

1. You can't even rip off dead people anymore and get called on it.

What are small-town Republic politicians going to do anymore?