June parole date approved for ex-UCA Chief of Staff Jack Gillean

Jack Gillean, center, is escorted by authorities from the Van Buren County courthouse in March 2014 after his sentencing.
Jack Gillean, center, is escorted by authorities from the Van Buren County courthouse in March 2014 after his sentencing.

The Arkansas Parole Board has approved a June parole date for former University of Central Arkansas Chief of Staff Jack Gillean, who went to prison in December for commercial burglary, a board spokesman said Tuesday.

Gillean, 59, was sentenced to three years in prison, a $35,000 fine and 120 months of probation after being convicted in March 2014 of commercial burglary in a test-cheating scandal at UCA.

The board agreed that Gillean could be released on parole June 16 or thereafter, spokesman Solomon Graves said Tuesday.

The panel reached the decision last week and released it this week. Member Andy Shock recused. Shock was the Faulkner County sheriff at the time of Gillean’s trial.

Read Wednesday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.

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