PLAQUEMINE — Thomas McCormick’s wife was arrested Tuesday in the alleged forgery that led to his arrest Monday.
He remained behind bars after his arrest triggered a request from the state Office of Probation and Parole to hold him because of a potential probation violation.
New crimes are violations of standard probation conditions.
Candy McCormick, 53, was booked Tuesday with forgery. Her bond was set at $10,000. UWK has learned Candy allegedly forged an old co-worker’s signature as the notary on a home’s sale that the couple was trying to put in her mother’s name.
Thomas McCormick was booked Monday on forgery and injuring public records. Bond was set at $15,000, but the probation hold prevents him from being released.
He has been on probation since December 2024, when he was convicted on more than 170 charges related to defrauding taxpayers of more than $800,000.
The current allegations center around a property sale from McCormick and his wife to her mother.
“That was a cash sale from him and his wife, and it was conveyed to his mother-in-law, and we came upon the document. We checked it. It was forged,” Clayton said. “We checked with the notary and the lawyer who was supposed to have signed it, and that person said that was not his signature. When we went and pulled up the video from the courthouse to see who filed the forged document, it’s him.”
Clayton said he intends to ask the court to revoke McCormick’s probation in the 2024 case.
“That’s a felony and we will be asking the judge to revoke his probation,” Clayton said. “I mean, he just doesn’t get it. You’re not above the law. You have to follow the rules, and it appears here that if these facts are proven true, then he just doesn’t get it.”
Twin brothers convicted of more than 170 crimes in 2024
McCormick and his twin brother Robert McCormick were convicted in December 2024 in West Baton Rouge Parish on more than 170 counts of crimes including money laundering and conspiracy to commit malfeasance in office, filing of false public records, theft and prohibited splitting of profits.
After a bench trial, State District Judge Alvin Batiste sentenced them to fines and restitution but no jail time, which irked Clayton.
“These guys steal hundreds of thousands of dollars and get to go to Disney Land,” he said at the time of their sentencing.
The brothers used hurricane and winter storm disaster response in 2020 and early 2021 to enrich themselves by selling emergency supplies to the state at inflated prices. They were able to pull it off because Robert McCormick worked for the fire marshal’s office and Thomas McCormick was an attorney.
State bar association records show that McCormick, a lawyer since 2001, was suspended from practicing in 2025.
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