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NeedSpeed
11-08-2012, 12:24pm
They take his barbies?? :leaving:

Judge throws Dallas attorney Tom Corea back in jail after his Design District office trashed, vandalized with obscene drawings | Crime Blog (http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/2012/11/dallas-attorney-tom-corea-back-in-jail-after-his-design-district-office-trashed-vandalized-with-obscene-drawings.html/)


A state district judge ordered disbarred Dallas attorney Tom Corea back in jail this morning because he allegedly trashed his Design District office and drew penises all over the walls after being evicted last month.

Corea was charged earlier this year with four felonies alleging he stole from his clients. He was arrested, posted bond and was released.

Weeks later, he was evicted for not paying rent for his upscale office in the 2000 block of Farrington Street near Interstate 35E and Market Center Boulevard, according to testimony before state District Judge Mike Snipes. Corea was ordered out by Oct. 31.

When the president of the real estate company that represents the building, Doug Molny, showed up the next day to check out the property, he found “complete destruction,” including “penis graffiti on every single wall throughout the building,” Molny said.

Written next to some of the penises was the name Doug. Molny said it appeared someone took a sledgehammer to granite counters. Doors, light fixtures, cabinets and appliances were destroyed or removed.

There was feces and urine on the floor, Molny said.

Prosecutor Jacob Harris presented photos of some of the damage, including a derogatory message directed at an Arizona judge who found him in contempt of court in an unrelated case. The message included the judge’s name and a phone number with a 505 area code.

Corea, who did not testify, was wearing a dark suit and sitting next to attorney John Gussio. At one point while Molny was testifying, Snipes ordered Corea to “refrain from making faces at the witness.”

Gussio called Corea’s girlfriend, who is also a Corea employee, to testify. But her testimony was cut off after prosecutors said they believe her to be an accomplice and that she ought to have an attorney with her.

“He destroyed that building,” Harris said in asking Snipes to find Corea’s bond insufficient. The cost of the damages is thought to exceed $100,000, according to testimony.

“I doubt seriously there are any random vagrants in the Dallas area that are familiar with area code 505,” Snipes said in setting his new bond to $500,000 in each of the four felony cases. The judge told Gussio he would be willing to reconsider the ruling when the attorney is better prepared.

Bucwheat
11-08-2012, 12:29pm
Some are as dumb as there clients.

69camfrk
11-08-2012, 12:35pm
It sounds like a bathroom stall in any given compound in the middle east!!!!:rofl:

Bill
11-08-2012, 12:40pm
I'm sure this isn't the first time people getting evicted have destroyed the rental property they lived in or used. Unless the landlord of the building had really done this guy wrong in some way, I just don't understand the vandalism?

It wasn't the landlord's fault that you got caught cheating clients. You agreed to pay the rent, then reneged on that promise, so the landlord evicted you.

Unless there is more we don't know about, the guy is a douche, and an unstable one at that. Might not hurt to send him for a psych eval. The vandalism he did seems criminal to me. Spence might be able to shed some light on the criminal/civil ramifications, if he left the Barbies at home today.

lspencer534
11-08-2012, 1:04pm
I'm sure this isn't the first time people getting evicted have destroyed the rental property they lived in or used. Unless the landlord of the building had really done this guy wrong in some way, I just don't understand the vandalism?

It wasn't the landlord's fault that you got caught cheating clients. You agreed to pay the rent, then reneged on that promise, so the landlord evicted you.

Unless there is more we don't know about, the guy is a douche, and an unstable one at that. Might not hurt to send him for a psych eval. The vandalism he did seems criminal to me. Spence might be able to shed some light on the criminal/civil ramifications, if he left the Barbies at home today.

Destruction/damage of a building is certainly a criminal offense, but it's up to the complaining party to go criminal or civil. The complainig party likely just wants to get reimbured for the damage, which seems unlikely in this case since the lawyer may spent a long time in jail. If the lawyer was stealing money from clients, it doesn't sound like he's independently wealthy.

Barbies never come to work with me. The City asked me to remove their display in my front window. :D

kingpin
11-08-2012, 1:05pm
You can't keep Larry down.
He's connected. :yesnod:

lspencer534
11-08-2012, 1:25pm
You can't keep Larry down.
He's connected. :yesnod:

:hearts: :D

snide
11-08-2012, 1:31pm
Some are as dumb as there clients.

Where?

kingpin
11-08-2012, 1:33pm
:hearts: :D

:wtf:

:skia:

Bill
11-08-2012, 1:35pm
Some are as dumb as them there clients.

Where?

Happy now?