Glenn William Gregory, DOB; 3-13-62, was sentenced to four years in prison for stealing over $1.4 million from a trust fund created to provide for his 89-year-old step-grandmother. Today’s four-year prison sentence will be served consecutively to an eight-year prison sentence he received for a previous case. In the separate case, Mr. Gregory was convicted and sentenced to eight years in prison for stealing $1.3 million from another trust fund, which was also created to provide for his step-grandmother. He was sentenced in the first case in August 2017.
While Mr. Gregory was a lawyer in Lakewood, he was a trustee for the John B. Villano Trust which was created by his grandfather, John B. Villano, to provide for Martha Violet Villano, the wife of John Villano and step-grandmother of Mr. Gregory.
Mr. Gregory was trustee for the JBV Trust and had power of attorney for Mrs. Villano. Between 2008 and 2016, he transferred over $1.4M from the JBV Trust accounts to his personal bank accounts and his law firm’s bank accounts. He also provided monetary gifts from the JBV Trust to several of his family members.
The funds taken by Mr. Gregory were used for his personal benefit, including but not limited to, phone and internet sex services, vacations, and gambling.
Mr. Gregory pled guilty to one count of Theft of an At-Risk Person, over $500 (F3) on July 23, 2018.