Man guilty of charity thefts; Ronald McDonald House collection.LEOMINSTER - A Leominster man pleaded guilty in connection with two incidents in which he stole money from a collection box to benefit the Ronald McDonald House set up outside a drive-up window at the McDonald's restaurant, 247 Mill St. John Geissler, 31, of 35 Hill St., pleaded guilty Monday in Leominster District Court to charges of vandalizing property and larceny larceny, in law, the unlawful taking and carrying away of the property of another, with intent to deprive the owner of its use or to appropriate it to the use of the perpetrator or of someone else. under $250 in connection with two incidents at the restaurant, one on June 19 and the other on June 30. He was sentenced to one year in the House of Correction house of correction n. pl. houses of correction An institution for the confinement of persons convicted of minor criminal offenses. Noun 1. , with 90 days to serve, credit for 29 days served, and the balance suspended sus·pend v. sus·pend·ed, sus·pend·ing, sus·pends v.tr. 1. To bar for a period from a privilege, office, or position, usually as a punishment: suspend a student from school. for one year. Mr. Geissler was also placed on supervised su·per·vise tr.v. su·per·vised, su·per·vis·ing, su·per·vis·es To have the charge and direction of; superintend. [Middle English *supervisen, from Medieval Latin probation and must perform 25 hours of community service. Mr. Geissler was arrested at 1:10 a.m. June 30 near the restaurant after an off-duty police officer spotted him acting suspiciously. At that time, Mr. Geissler told police he stole money from the collection box. He had $16.86 at the time of the arrest; of that, $13.86 was in change. On June 19, police had been called to the restaurant by the manager who reported that someone had broken into the collection box and stolen money from it. Police were obtained surveillance videotape videotape Magnetic tape used to record visual images and sound, or the recording itself. There are two types of videotape recorders, the transverse (or quad) and the helical. that showed a man pulling up to the restaurant about 3 a.m. June 19 and then leaving. The same vehicle came back later at 4 a.m. A man came out of the vehicle and was seen near the collection box for a short time. The box was found shattered shat·ter v. shat·tered, shat·ter·ing, shat·ters v.tr. 1. To cause to break or burst suddenly into pieces, as with a violent blow. 2. a. and the money was missing. As a result of the surveillance video and other leads, police were once again led to Mr. Geissler. He was arrested for that incident July 3. |
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