An attorney faces three to nine years in prison for stealing nearly $2 million from a Staten Island cemetery, funds that authorities said he tried using to hide even longer-standing thefts from his legal clients’ escrow accounts.

Timothy Griffin pleaded guilty Wednesday before Staten Island Supreme Court Justice Stephen Rooney to a felony count of first-degree grand larceny. He is scheduled to return April 28 for sentencing.

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