7/24/13 - Today marks the first day of jury deliberation in the trial of a Marion Township man is on trial in connection with an embezzlement scheme involving General Motors. Jeffrey Eastom is charged with embezzling more than $100,000 in property while working as a supervisor for Ideal Setech in Howell. The company housed property for General Motors at a time when it was closing plants, and Eastom is accused of manipulating submitted inventory lists of machinery, tools and scrap materials between March of 2008 and January of 2010. He and his co-defendants are accused of then selling the property for scrap. Closing arguments were delivered near the end of the day yesterday, and jury deliberations were set to begin today. Police say search warrants that were executed turned up approximately $700,000 in property. (TD)
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