Criminal
Sep. 6, 2012
Lawyer held on embezzlement charges
A Newport Beach lawyer is being held in the Orange County Jail on charges he embezzled more than $720,000 from two elderly sisters he'd met at church.
By Don J. DeBenedictis
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A Newport Beach lawyer is being held in the Orange County Jail on charges he embezzled more than $720,000 from two elderly sisters he'd met at church. Peter David Nitschke, 45, faces two counts of theft from an elder and is scheduled to be arraigned today, according to the district attorney's office. People v. Nitschke, 12HF2546 (OC Supr. Ct., filed Sept. 4, 2012) Last week, the state Supreme Court ordered Nistchke to be su...
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