THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, October 18, 1995 TAG: 9510180428
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B7 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: NORFOLK LENGTH: Short : 37 lines
The former director of the Tidewater AIDS Crisis Taskforce, convicted last month of forgery, has repaid most of what he took from the group in 1993, court records show.
David W. Gillooly, 39, pleaded guilty last month in Circuit Court to five counts of forgery. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison, all suspended on the condition that he pay TACT a total of $7,985 in restitution.
Gillooly was ordered to pay TACT $6,000 by Sept. 20. He was then to begin paying the group $100 a month until he repaid the remaining $1,985, starting Nov. 1, court records show.
James Spivey, TACT's current director, said Gillooly paid the $6,000 on time and has since returned to Melbourne, Fla., where he lives with his wife.
Gillooly was arrested in late June as he and his wife re-entered the country after a vacation on a cruise ship. A routine check by U.S. Customs agents turned up the outstanding forgery warrants.
He was extradited from Florida and made the plea agreement on Sept. 6, records show.
Norfolk police filed the forgery charges in 1993 after Gilloolly signed the names of members of TACT's board of trustees on checks worth $7,866, records show. Gillooly must also pay interest on the forged amount.
Gillooly vanished that year and TACT officials charge that he mismanaged $60,000 in agency funds, leaving the organization on the verge of financial collapse.
KEYWORDS: EMBEZZLEMENT by CNB