http://phoenixvillenews.com/articles/2011/01/13/news/doc4d2f85e2b758f406520185.txt

Spring City man charged with stealing $15,000 in lottery tickets
EAST VINCENT — A Spring City man has been charged with stealing $15,000 in lottery tickets from the convenience store where he worked.

Gopal Biswas, 26, of the 200 block of South Cedar Street, was released in lieu of $50,000 unsecured bail after his arraignment before District Judge James V. DeAngelo.

According to the criminal complaint filed in DeAngelo’s court by East Vincent officer James Bilotta, police received a report of a theft at the Sunoco in the 3300 block of Schuylkill Road on Nov. 13. Bilotta spoke with the store manager at the Sunoco and learned that Biswas was observed in the office of the convenience store with the door shut earlier in the day and found to be scratching Pennsylvania lottery tickets.

Court papers indicate the manager confronted Biswas and asked him if he stole the lottery tickets, at which point Biswas “started to cry and admitted ... that he had scratched off the lottery tickets and planned to leave the store with them.” Biswas reportedly told the manager that he needed the money and planned to give the manager some of the money from the lottery tickets, according to court papers.

When the Sunoco manager told Biswas he was going to call the police, Biswas allegedly ran from the store and got into a silver Cadillac operated by another store employee and left the parking lot, according to court papers.

Bilotta wrote in the criminal complaint that he found a black milk crate containing several “books” of lottery tickets that had been scratched off in the lower corners. Bilotta said the manager explained that if you scratch off the lower corner of the ticket, you can see how much money the ticket is worth.

The manager told Bilotta that $4,840 in tickets were missing, but he wanted to talk with the store owner and accountant to get an accurate total .

Biswas was an employee at the store for several months and he was in charge of the instant lottery tickets and was the only person with access to the combination safe where the tickets were kept, according to court papers. Bilotta learned on Dec. 7 that in addition to the $4,840 in lottery tickets found scratched off, 21 more “books” of lottery tickets had been stolen since October, according to court papers. The total amount of missing or stolen lottery tickets was $15,940, according to the criminal complaint.

Biswas is charged with third-degree felony theft by unlawful taking and receiving stolen property.



What is sin number 3 of the Seven deadly sins?…GREED, and that’s what got my man Gopal (nice name) caught. I mean hey dude, I get it, scratch offs are fun, especially when you have a fucking jillion of them to scratch off, but I mean at least wait until your at home or at your buddy Radhiya’s house or some shit, then scratch away like there’s no tomorrow. but no you had to see those lucky 7’s come up while you were in your office...have fun with that third-degree felony charge dude.

P.S. Way to make this a seal proof case for the cops, at least come up with some bullshit story, not just start crying and admit everything like a pussy, oh but you were ganna give the manager some money, that should go a long in court..good luck having Joe Nobody Public defender get you a plea deal on that.

P.SS How many of you would have stole scratch offs? I would have been tempted like a mother fucker, ill tell you that. But I wouldn’t have, and its for the same reason that keeps me from breaking most laws, JAIL mother fucker, my 5-9 180lbs might not be much in the real world but in the slammer, that frame is screaming to Big Bubba in the Cell Block 4 to make me his white bitch.. and that my friends just seems terrrrible (Charles Barkley voice on the terrible)