LAS VEGAS โ A judge has thrown out the conviction of a Las Vegas grandmother who claims a gambling addiction made her steal more than $500,000 from the plumbing business where she kept the books for almost 25 years.
Clark County District Court Judge Jessie Walsh on Monday set a June 29 hearing to decide if 53-year-old Jerry Nann Meador qualifies for a rarely used gambler's diversion treatment program.
Meador's lawyers say she's a perfect candidate.
Meador was sentenced in January 2014 to four to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to felony theft charges.
Prosecutors say she may have taken as much as $1 million, and also made credit card, cellphone and satellite television payments.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that diversion has been granted just twice in nearly seven years since state lawmakers authorized treatment instead of prison for nonviolent problem gamblers.
