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FALLON - A Churchill County planning commissioner pleaded guilty on Tuesday to an attempt of embezzlement.
Thomas William Lammel, 58, was arrested in November after more than a year-long investigation by the Nevada Department of Public Safety.
According to the criminal complaint from the Nevada Attorney General's Office, Lammel is charged with embezzlement from a person 60 years of age or older. The alleged victim is 68 years old.
As part of the plea bargain, the charge against Lammel was reduced from embezzlement to an embezzlement attempt. The court has the option on whether to charge him with a felony or gross misdemeanor.
If charged with a felony, Lammel faces one to four years in prison. If charged with a misdemeanor, he could be sentenced up to one year in jail. Probation is an option.
The complaint states that Lammel, as owner of Lahontan Manufactured Homes, was entrusted on May 23, 2006, with $25,000 from a woman for the sole purpose of making a down payment on a manufactured home, but he instead spent the funds on other items.
Public Defender Paul Drakulich told District Judge David Huff $4,000 of the $25,000 was applied to improvements on the property.
The attorney general's office took the over the case after Churchill County District Attorney Art Mallory recused himself because his office represents the county, which includes the planning commission.
Lammel will be sentenced on Aug. 4.
Thomas William Lammel, 58, was arrested in November after more than a year-long investigation by the Nevada Department of Public Safety.
According to the criminal complaint from the Nevada Attorney General's Office, Lammel is charged with embezzlement from a person 60 years of age or older. The alleged victim is 68 years old.
As part of the plea bargain, the charge against Lammel was reduced from embezzlement to an embezzlement attempt. The court has the option on whether to charge him with a felony or gross misdemeanor.
If charged with a felony, Lammel faces one to four years in prison. If charged with a misdemeanor, he could be sentenced up to one year in jail. Probation is an option.
The complaint states that Lammel, as owner of Lahontan Manufactured Homes, was entrusted on May 23, 2006, with $25,000 from a woman for the sole purpose of making a down payment on a manufactured home, but he instead spent the funds on other items.
Public Defender Paul Drakulich told District Judge David Huff $4,000 of the $25,000 was applied to improvements on the property.
The attorney general's office took the over the case after Churchill County District Attorney Art Mallory recused himself because his office represents the county, which includes the planning commission.
Lammel will be sentenced on Aug. 4.
