Lobbyist pleads guilty to embezzlement
Published: Fri, Aug. 31, 2007 11:41AM
Modified Fri, Aug. 31, 2007 01:29PM
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closeA lobbyist who represented nursing homes in the halls of the General Assembly pleaded guilty this morning to embezzling more than $200,000 from a political action committee.
Stacy Hahn Flannery, 39, of 810 Neuse Ridge Drive in Clayton was sentenced to 60 days in the Wake County jail, a 6-month suspended sentence and 30 months probation.
Superior Court Judge Kenneth Titus delayed the start of Flannery’s jail term to give her time to make arrangements for her two school-age daughters.
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Flannery was charged with one felony count of embezzlement. She served for more than nine years as director of legislative affairs and treasurer of the N.C. Health Care Facilities Association's political action committee, said the association's president, J. Craig Souza.
NCHCFA represents about 90 percent of licensed nursing homes in North Carolina, according to its Web site.
Flannery was accused of taking $201,170. from the association's PAC. She paid the money back to the association, something Titus considered in deciding her sentence.
Staff writer Thomasi McDonald can be reached at (919) 829-4533 or thomasi.mcdonald@newsobserver.com.
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