West Seattle auto dealership workers sentenced
Published 10:49 pm Monday, May 26, 2008
SEATTLE — Two former sales workers at a West Seattle auto dealership have been sentenced to jail for stealing more than $70,000 from a mentally ill customer, and prosecutors say they plan to charge five more people in the case.
Thirty-three-year-old Adrian Dillard and 40-year-old Ted Coxwell were sentenced Friday in King County Superior Court.
Dillard, who was a sales manager, was sentenced to one year in jail for theft and money-laundering and will be allowed to serve the time on work release.
Coxwell received one year for theft and residential burglary, though he already served that time while he was awaiting trial.
The two worked for Huling Bros. Auto Center in 2006 when Richard Grey walked in and bought a $30,000 GMC pickup with $100 bills he had stuffed in a plastic bag.
