An attorney who pleaded guilty to stealing from a Staten Island cemetery with the expectation of receiving a three- to nine-year sentence instead got 4 1/3 to 13 years Tuesday because state authorities said he continued to steal from escrow accounts after his arrest.
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s office said the enhanced sentence Timothy Griffin was given by Staten Island Supreme Court Justice Stephen Rooney for first-degree grand larceny will run concurrently with a six-month federal prison term he is serving for a tax fraud conviction in Connecticut.
