Chuck McCullough has been incarcerated.
It even says so in the paper:
Former Allegheny County Councilman Charles McCullough is in the custody of the sheriff’s office this morning — more than five years after he was sentenced to prison for stealing from an elderly widow.
"More than five years" doesn't begin to tell the half of it. Let's go over some of the dates:
- McCullough arrested on February 9, 2009.
- The trial begins on April 13, 2015.
- McCullough found guilty on July 31, 2015.
- McCullough sentenced on December 17, 2015.
- McCullough begins serving his sentence on April 6, 2021.
Look at the chronological gaps, my friends.
- 6 years, 2 months, 4 days between Chuck's arrest and the beginning of his trial.
- 5 years, 11 months, 25 days between Chuck's sentencing and the beginning of his incarceration.
- 12 years, 1 month, 28 days between Chuck's arrest and the beginning of his incarceration.
All for sentence of 2-1/2 to 5 (with the minimum dropped to 22-1/2 months).
And the gaps get even bigger when you consider when Chuck committed the crimes. From the original complaint we learn that one of the misappropriated checks was actually cut on February 22, 2007. That's 14 years, 1 month, 15 days between the crime and his incarceration.
For some context about that date, the iPhone (the FIRST iPhone) had been introduced to the world only 44 days before.
This part of the original complaint will probably bubble up in the news:
We'll see. One chapter closes and another one opens.
