Warren attorney pleads innocent to theft

WARREN — Atty. George N. Kafantaris, whose law license was suspended for six months in 2003, is facing possible disbarment and a criminal charge related to money he received from a client’s civil case.

Kafantaris, 55, whose office is on North Park Avenue, Warren, has pleaded innocent to grand theft in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court. He was released on $2,500 bond. If convicted, he could get up to 18 months in prison.

The criminal charge stems from an investigation ordered by Trumbull County Probate Judge Thomas A. Swift and one done by the Trumbull County Bar Association related to a personal injury case Kafantaris handled for a Warren woman named Carol Williams.

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