You do the crime you do the time.
Terri Gaines, the former treasurer of the Montauk Fire Department that got caught writing checks to herself in the ball park of half a million bucks will be off to prison this week. The very much in the media Gaines pleaded guilty for the theft and for spending the money on partying, trips to Vegas, and shopping.
She was able to reduce the amount of prision time down to 1 to 3 years instead of 15 years because she wrote a check back to the fire department for $510,709. She owes about 30 grand more, but she agreed to pay that back when she gets out of the big house.
Let’s hope that the $510,709 she paid back was stolen from the police department!
And a chapter in the money scandals of the Hamptons is closed.
February 18th, 2009 at 9:58
I so love reading this paper. It only goes to prove my theory that money can’t buy class nor brains.