Sweetwater attorney sentenced after forging millionaire's will

A Tom Green County jury sentenced Sweetwater attorney John Stacy Young to 11 years in prison and $40,000 in fines Wednesday.

The jury deliberated for about three hours. Here's a breakdown of the sentences:

On Count 1, forgery, state jail felony: 24 months in a Texas State Jail facility and a $10,000 fine.
On Count 2, forgery, state jail felony: 24 months in a Texas State Jail facility and a $10,000 fine.
On Count 3, theft, first-degree felony: 11 years in an institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and a $10,000 fine.
On Count 4, money laundering, second-degree felony: 11 years in an institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and a $10,000 fine.

He will serve the sentences concurrently.

Young's family was in court for the sentencing. His daughter and son, both college age, broke into sobs and hugged their father.

Young, 57, was found guilty Monday, Nov. 6, on all charges related to conspiring with a San Angelo bail bondsman to forge a will and claim a local man's estimated $8 million estate.

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