Copley Grandfather Found Guilty

Edward Williams will spend a year in prison on charges he defrauded a state and a federal agency out of more than $100,000.

The 64-year-old Copley man is the father of , who was convicted earlier this year of using Williams' Black Pond Drive address to falsify records to enroll her daughter in Copley-Fairlawn Schools.

Williams' conviction today is unrelated to the school residency issue. 

Specifically, Williams was found guilty of two counts of Tampering with Records, felonies of the third degree, and two counts of Grand Theft, felonies of the fourth degree.

According to the Summit County Prosecutor's office: Williams stole $36,023 in benefits from the Summit County Department of Job and Family Services, and $64, 229 from the Social Security Administration by completing applications and statements with false information concerning his household and income status.

It took the jury just over an hour to reach its verdict. 

Judge Patricia Cosgrove sentenced Williams to one year in prison. He was taken immediately from the courtroom to begin his sentence. 

A grand theft charge against Williams related to the Copley-Fairlawn Schools enrollment case was dismissed in January after a jury couldn't decide whether Williams assisted his daughter. 

Williams-Bolar did not testify in her father's case. She is scheduled for a July 20 clemency hearing in Columbus on her conviction.