You have to wonder whether Hollywood had any influence on the following scumbag who stole from his own mother. Following a similar, but not identical, path to the character Miles in the blockbuster Hollywood film “Sideways” this man decided to find his life by stealing from the woman who gave birth to him.

Christopher Salmon was found guilty of felony counts of forgery and theft related to an insurance account in his mother’s name, but also acquitted on similar counts for charges involving a different insurance account he was alleged to have illegally depleted.

He was also found guilty of identity theft for opening up two credit card accounts in his mother’s name after he gained power of attorney for his mother, Florence Salmon. He was likewise convicted on more theft counts for taking money from his sister that was supposed to be used to build an addition to his eight-bedroom home so his mother could live there, but which he spent elsewhere.

The jury of eight women and four men returned the mixed verdict around 12:30 a.m. Saturday, after deliberating for about 4 ½ hours.

Salmon, 54, who was accompanied at the five-day-long trial by his wife and some of his children, remains free on bail pending sentencing but could face serious time behind bars.

The DA provided plenty of evidence that Salmon used his mother’s banking and insurance accounts as if the money was his own, spending like “a knife through butter” as the accounts were depleted.

Florence Salmon lived in the Sunrise Senior Living facility in Exton from April 2005 until the fall of 2006. Adding insult to injury Salmon had stopped paying Sunrise bills at some point in her stay.

But Salmon, though his attorney, Todd Henry of Philadelphia, had argued that Salmon’s spending was accepted by his mother, who had a habit of giving gifts to her children. In a statement given to police in January 2010 as they were investigating the case, Salmon said any perception that he was a “predator” swindling his mother was untrue.

One set of guilty verdicts came in relation to a $7,000 MetLife insurance account that Salmon took control of in January 2005, when he gained power of attorney. He wrote several checks on the accounts for his own use, signing his mother’s name. On those charges, he was found guilty of forgery, theft by deception, and theft by unlawful taking without permission.

In other words, this guy is scum. He stole from his mother and other family members.