Former Attorney Arrested

SALEM, Conn. (AP) _ A former attorney has been charged with stealing $426,000 from his clients.Connecticut State Police say 65-year-old John Butts, of Salem, has been charged with first-degree larceny after taking funds from two people he had represented in probate matters.
Police say in one of the instances, the former Salem probate judge failed to provide a woman more than $150,000 from the sale of her late father’s condominium. In another instance, Butts took about $276,000 from a clie