Rancho Mirage Man to Be Jailed
The former chief financial officer for the Los Angeles chapter of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals pleaded no contest Thursday to grand theft and filing a false income tax return, a tax board official said.
Kenneth R. Brookwell, 63, of Rancho Mirage was arrested April 8 and charged with failing to report more than $730,000 in embezzled income during three years starting in 1999, said Barry Gilbert, a spokesman for the state Franchise Tax Board.
In a plea agreement, Brookwell will be sentenced May 5 to two years in state prison and pay full restitution to the SPCA, Gilbert said. Brookwell was financial officer and vice president of the SPCA beginning in 1999.
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