(Updated: 11:38 a.m. 10/12/2022 — Karen Eames was in court on Tuesday 10/11/22 where a not guilty plea was entered for attempted robbery and money laundering.
SYRACUSE, NY (WSYR-TV) – An Onondaga County grand jury is adding more to a list of charges against Karen Eames who is the woman accused of helping her husband, a county sheriff’s department deputy Onondaga, stealing money from his office.
The five-count indictment filed this week has three additional counts: two counts of attempted grand larceny and money laundering. According to the Onondaga County District Attorney’s Office, one of the attempted robbery charges relates to a failed bank transaction that occurred on November 17, 2021, for a total of $44,613.09.
The second was another failed bank transaction on December 13, 2021, totaling $41,372.15. The money laundering charge came after the prosecutor’s office gathered enough information to charge the 46-year-old.
In May 2022, Karen Eames was charged with grand larceny and possession of stolen property.
An investigation showed that Karen Eames and her husband, Isaac Eames, stole $529,166.24 from the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Department from January 2020 to July 2021.
Investigators say they made 13 successful transactions.
They interrogated Isaac about a failed wire transfer and around the same time he murdered his son, attempted to kill his wife (Karen), and killed their family dog, then himself.
This murder-suicide happened in February 2022. The Sheriff’s Department said they felt very comfortable saying the murder-suicide happened because of the investigation. They believe he did it because he was going to get caught.
The district attorney’s office said there is no scheduled court date yet for Karen Eames.
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