PENA TO REQUEST ‘SHOCK PROBATION’
(Austin Co. Jail)
The former Tax Assessor-Collector for Austin County is requesting leniency in his sentence for theft.
Marcus Pena will appear in the Bellville Courthouse, August 27th for a public hearing where he will request ‘shock probation’.
Pena was sentenced in March to ten years in prison and ordered to pay $275,000 restitution for stealing money from the county and misusing tax payer dollars.
According to District Attorney Travis Koehn, Pena may request shock probation as a defendant who was sentenced to 10 years or less and completed six months of his sentence.
The 40-year old Pena lost his reelection bid to current Tax Assessor-Collector Kim Rinn, who discovered the discrepancies once she took office.
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What a joke! In earlier times they would hang a man for stealing a $30 horse. Why should this guy get off with a slap on the wrist for stealing over a quarter million dollars from hard working, honest tax paying citizens?
Why does a man who steals from the unsuspecting taxpayer deserve any leniency?
IMHO politicians & buracrats should be held to a higher standard to preclude others from violating the public trust.
Does shock probation work like shock therapy whereby the person is electrically shocked? It sounds painful but I guess it’s better than 10 years in prison. I respect his decision, but I’m not sure being shocked is the way to go.
It certainly did not work in the case of a Harris County deputy who got off for DWI a couple of years ago & was arrested (still a deputy) for the same this week. Shock Probation has a place in our system but this case I think it would be a big mistake and a slap in the face of taxpayers.