McDaid's Light Embezzlement Sentencing Called 'Discouraging'

A Medford man who recently pled guilty to embezzling close to $1 million will not serve any jail time, something that reportedly is not sitting well with some according to a local news station.

FOX 25 News reported that Timothy McDaid, who embezzled $910,000 combined from the Maynard retirement fund and Asperger's Association of New England in separate cases, pled guilty to charges of larceny over $250, uttering a false check and forgery.

According to the news station, prosecutors asked for seven to nine years in prison for McDaid, but Superior Court Judge Kathe Tuttman instead opted to give him a suspended statement that allows McDaid to stay out of jail if he remains on good behavior.

When executive director of the Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission Joseph Connarton spoke on Tuesday in front of the Legislature's Joint Committee on Public Service, he made it clear that he was not in agreement with Judge Tuttman's decision.

"It was discouraging that the Justice in the case found that there would be no jail time provided to this individual," Connarton said, according to Fox 25 News. "We felt at the commission that the members and beneficiaries of the retirement system deserved that, but it's out of our hands."

For more on this story, you can see the Fox 25 report in it's entirety by clicking here.