PIKEVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A judge in Pikeville has sent a former funeral director to jail for 30 months on his guilty plea to stealing from clients.

Richard Justice apologized Tuesday for taking tens of thousands of dollars, but Pike Circuit Judge Steve Combs ordered Justice taken into custody.

The plea agreement had included a prosecution recommendation of probation if Justice had made restitution, but Commonweath's Attorney Rick Bartley said none had been paid.

In May, Justice has pleaded guilty to acting as a funeral director without a license and several charges that he took more than $90,000 in life insurance burial policies from several people.

His arrest followed complaints filed by customers of the former Justice Funeral Home.