Parson gets probation for stealing from grandmom

A man who stole from his own grandmother brought the ire of Judge Larry Ross last week when the victim asked the court for leniency on her grandson.

?You stole from your own grandmother,? Ross exclaimed when first told about the plea agreement which would release suspect Paul Allan Parson on time served.

Specifically, Parson stole checks from his grandmother while she was on a trip to New York and cashed them at various businesses without her permission, in essence stealing hundreds of dollars.

While Parson faced a large amount of evidence against him, the victim in the case, his grandmother, did not wish for her grandson to spend any more time in jail, something Ross told Parson he ought to be thankful for.

?You shouldn?t get probation at all,? Ross said. ?You ought to have to serve double the time seeing it?s your grandmother you stole from in the first place.?

While allowing Parson free on time served, the judge issued two consecutive one-year probationary sentences, thereby placing him under the authority of his court for the next two years. That?s time during which Ross assured the defendant he would be frequently drug tested.

?You will owe me two years if you fail one drug test,? Ross promised Parson.