By Chuck Fager Wichita, KS — Although Priscilla Deters insisted that, “I consider myself innocent of these charges,” adding that “I have a heart of grief, because I have been a victim too,” federal judge Monti Belot insisted on Friday, May 22 that she start serving her eleven-plus year sentence for wire and mail fraud … Continue reading Quaker Church Fraud Sentencing Update: May 22, 1998
Update by Chuck Fager Wichita, KS — On this Friday the 13th, U.S. Judge Monti Belot accepted Priscilla Deters’ plan for remaining free on bail until her sentencing, but imposed tough restrictions on the now convicted felon, and spoke darkly of her likely jail sentence. Belot also predicted that there might be additional prosecutions in … Continue reading March 13, 1998: Tough Deters Bail Conditions Set;Possible Future Indictments Seen
Update by Chuck Fager Wichita, Kansas — Throughout the eight days of testimony in the Priscilla Deters-Productions Plus trial, U.S. District Judge Monti Belot was a model of judicial impartiality. He reminded the jury that the defendant was presumed innocent, that she did not have to prove anything, and that they were not to draw … Continue reading March 6, 1998: Deters Convicted Judge Says, “A Crook, of the First Water”
Update by Chuck Fager Wichita, Kansas — Nine women and three men are now to decide Priscilla Deters’ fate. Was her Productions Plus business, as prosecutor Annette Gurney charged in her closing remarks Thursday, “just a scam”?
Update by Chuck Fager Wichita, Kansas — Amid legal wrangling over an investigator’s report and a son’s testimony on behalf of his mother, the defense in the Priscilla Deters-Productions Plus case rested its case on Wednesday.