Criminal
Jun. 25, 2002
Former Attorney's Hearing Continues
LOS ANGELES -A preliminary hearing will resume next Monday for a former Beverly Hills attorney accused of stealing a $380,000 life insurance settlement from the sons of a deceased Los Angeles police officer shortly before the young men were shot to death.
Angela Wallace, 41, who has resigned from the State Bar, is charged along with co-defendant Timothy Mack, 46, with conspiracy to commit grand theft and grand theft, among other charges.
She and Mack have pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Howard Byrdsong, 20, and his brother, Jontrae, 18, whose police officer mother died in 2000, were shot to death in June 2001, shortly after they reported the missing settlement money to investigators.
Although Wallace has not been charged in the killings, authorities said last week that her alleged role in the fraud case has drawn her into the murder investigation.
The preliminary hearing began Wednesday in the courtroom of Judge Frederick N. Wapner. People v. Wallace, BA227516 (L.A. Super. Ct., filed Feb. 15, 2002).
Wallace resigned from the State Bar in May 2001 with charges pending against her. She was earlier suspended from practice by the State Bar for alleged unethical conduct in other cases.
Anne La Jeunesse
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