LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The attorney for a former public address announcer at Nebraska’s Memorial Stadium accused of bilking hundreds of thousands of dollars from two elderly women says his client is not guilty.

Attorney Bob Creager said police and prosecutors rushed to judgment and filed unfounded criminal charges against 49-year-old Patrick Combs.

Authorities say Combs spent about $363,000 of the women’s money on cars, home repairs and gifts to friends. He’s charged with two counts of theft and one count of attempted theft, abuse of a vulnerable adult and unauthorized use of a financial transaction device.

Creager says Combs was a lifelong family friend of one woman he’s accused of bilking.

The Nebraska Athletic Department says Combs is no longer the Nebraska public address announcer.