From Bill Kearney:
Massachusetts ‘GAMING’ Future
The Morning Call - June 29, 2012
One way to end a bad day at the casino: Steal a car
Man who loses 'all his money' gambling, given a one- to two-year prison term for stealing car to get home.
The Whitehall Township man had a bad day at the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem. So bad, he stole a car to get home.
"He lost all of his money that particular day," defense attorney Michael Corcoran said Friday for Jeffrey Harrington. "He didn't have the financial resources to even call a cab."
Read more: http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-bethlehem-stolen-suv-gambling-problem-20120629,0,3417051.story
One way to end a bad day at the casino: Steal a car
Man who loses 'all his money' gambling, given a one- to two-year prison term for stealing car to get home.
The Whitehall Township man had a bad day at the Sands
Casino Resort Bethlehem. So bad, he stole a car to get home.
He lost all of his money that particular day," defense attorney Michael Corcoran said Friday for Jeffrey Harrington. "He didn't have the financial resources to even call a cab."
Harrington, 51, will serve one to two years in Northampton County Prison for a crime that Judge Craig Dally said was "very dumb."
"I don't have to tell you that," Dally added at sentencing. "You know that."
According to court records, on Jan. 2 Karl Schollenberger had used the Sands' valet service to park at the casino. But when he returned seven hours later, the valet attendant couldn't find his sport-utility-vehicle.
Video surveillance footage showed an older man with a cane get into it and drive off. Police were able to identify the man as Harrington by earlier video from inside the Sands.
Police went to Harrington's Creekside Drive address in Whitehall, where they found the SUV parked 30 yards from the house, unlocked and with the keys inside.
Given a lengthy prior record, Harrington could have faced state prison. But when he pleaded guilty in May, prosecutors agreed to a county prison sentence, noting that he had stayed out of trouble since 2000.
Harrington told Dally he has a gambling problem.
"I'm the first one to admit, this was very immature here," Harrington said
http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-bethlehem-stolen-suv-gambling-problem-20120629,0,3417051.story
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