PARIS – The attorney for Deborah Wyman, who has been accused of embezzlement, will ask a Superior Court judge Thursday to suppress some bank records that could be used in the criminal case against the former longtime Norway town employee.
Wyman, 51, has been accused of stealing public money from the town and has pleaded not guilty to a felony count of theft. Her trial will begin in September, court clerk Donna Howe said.
The records were obtained as evidence seeking to show that Wyman deposited town checks into her personal bank account in Norway.
Edward Dilworth III, Wyman’s attorney, has argued in a court document that the district attorney’s handling of her bank records violated her right to privacy.
Dilworth did not return calls for comment Tuesday.
Assistant District Attorney Richard Beauchesne said Tuesday that the state will oppose Dilworth’s claim. “It is certainly our argument that we didn’t do anything to warrant the suppression of the records,” he said.
According to his motion to suppress evidence, Dilworth wrote that the district attorney’s office obtained the bank records via a subpoena, which is lawful if used to pursue an indictment or prosecute a crime.
But Dilworth argued that the district attorney’s office, by obtaining the records and then presenting them to town officials for use in a civil lawsuit against Wyman prior to presenting them to the grand jury, breached her privacy.
Dilworth is asking that the judge suppress any records from financial institutions, and any information obtained from the records, in Wyman’s case.
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