Parole agent pleads not guilty to stealing money from woman behind bars
A state parole agent pleaded not guilty in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Thursday to charges that he stole more than $3,000 from a female parolee, authorities said.
Robert Earl Wilson, 53, was charged with taking the money from the woman while she was incarcerated, the Los Angeles County district attorney's office said.
The woman authorized Wilson to withdraw the funds from her bank account last year so that money could be transferred to her jail account, prosecutors said.
Wilson is scheduled for a preliminary hearing April 6 at the Criminal Courts Building in downtown Los Angeles.
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Could not have been a union government worker.....
Posted by: dangermouse | March 04, 2011 at 08:38 AM
The job is one of the wierdest in Law Enforcement. You spend your day interacting with folks that have some unusual traits. The burn out is supreme as you are the one that does not wear a suit like everyone else. The cops have a uniform and the jailers and the judge and the DA and PD wear their part.
You are the man - you can be remembered years later as you have a style.
The LA Times does not or anything I have read talk about this anomaly. And the close relationships make odd bed fellows. You can ealily slide into the dark side when you let your guard down as there is not always a way to keep you focused.
Posted by: Retired Probation LA | March 04, 2011 at 10:11 AM
Why would this parolee be so STUPID, as to trust someone who has a VESTED INTEREST IN HER BEING INCARCERATED??? A government worker is the LAST PERSON you want to know about YOUR MONEY!
Posted by: Anti-Coercion | March 04, 2011 at 12:23 PM
Disgusting and shameful of ROBERT WILSON to feel entitlement of STEALING from an individual who is so frail.
I hope the DA's office give this loser Robert Wilson many years behind bars and I am sure he has already been fired from his job!
Shameful
Posted by: Shameful | March 04, 2011 at 03:16 PM
Robert Earl Wilson, fifty-three and soon to be convicted, it seems. Along with it goes a career of public service (out the window) and his pension. Will someone please tell me what he was thinking. He threw it all away for $3,000.00. However, regardless of the amount nothing would have been worth what he did. He was dishonest.
Posted by: Shakespeare | March 04, 2011 at 04:09 PM
thats messed up, he stole the money she stole
Posted by: u know | March 04, 2011 at 05:30 PM