Store clerk gets prison term for Ohio lottery ticket theft

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TheGameGrl — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:34:44 GMT

*tips* hat to rdg, mighty fine answer indeed

Comment #19

rdgrnr — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:15:26 GMT

Well since you put it like that, I guess all I can say is: Well alrighty then

Comment #18

LotteryJunkiE99 — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:03:52 GMT

HEY YOU HUSH RIGHT NOW, BC I AM IN NO MOOD TO DEAL WITH SOME HILL-BILLY, OH AND I'M SURE THE RATS AND TICKS LOVE YOUR ROUGH CLOTHES AND I AM SURE THEY GIVE OFF A NOT-SO-PLEASANT 20TH-CENTURY FARMER ODOR-SMELL NO WONDER YOU'RE ALONE AND LIVING WITH THE TENESSEE LEECHES THAT ARE SLOWLY TURNING YOU INTOO WHO KNOWS WHAT!!! LOL I SUGGEST GETTING OFF THE SWAMP RIDGE, AND OH YES, YOUR PICTURE IS DARN AWFUL ON THE EYES RIDGE RUNNER, ITS LIKE THE BEARD JUST.... CREEPY. I THINK WE WOULD ALL APPRECIATE IF... [ More ]

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rdgrnr — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:47:06 GMT

Fabric Softener?

Well no wonder they're giving you funny looks! Men don't buy fabric softener! Men like their clothes rough

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LotteryJunkiE99 — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:00:36 GMT

This is beyond outrageous. How can someone steal half a million dollars and only get to serve five years.??? I know of people who have stolen 800 dollars or done something relatively minor, drugs being a prime example, like small amount medical possession and them being convicted to 2 to 3 times that much prison time. I am so angry that people are out there walking like this thieving spinster just collecting wherever they can, true, given the larger amount is government/lottery money, but the ot... [ More ]

Comment #15

grave — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 08:30:02 GMT

i agree with ya bro....

Comment #14

grave — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 08:29:19 GMT

yep, thats about right.... out of about 550,000 worth of scratch off's she only won 43,000..... thats why scratch off's make the most money for each of the states lottery...... tons and tons of losers and only a small batch of decent winners......prime example right here....

Comment #13

Nino224 — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 08:18:26 GMT

I think the real story here is how more than half a million in scratch-offs didn't yield any real money.

Reason #378 for not buying scratch-offs.

Comment #12

TheGameGrl — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:26:41 GMT

both the judge and the culprit really should pay it back. Why was that not imposed on her as part of the jail sentence?

To clairfy a misinterpretation the new system WAS ABLE to determine the true loss .

She really should be banned to ever play the lottery or gaming of any sorts. Create a black list just like they do for criminals who are no longer allowed to vote or carry a gun.

Comment #11

rdgrnr — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:11:10 GMT

Stole $14,000, punishment: Pay it back

Stole $20,000, punishment: Pay it back

Stole $500,000, punishment 5 years

The judge or judges who let her go the first two times ought to pay Kroger back.

Comment #10

konane — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 20:20:44 GMT

In 2001, the same year she started working for Kroger, Strong stole $14,150 from Cash City, a payday lender. She also was convicted in federal court in 2005 for stealing $20,000 from Provident Bank, where she was a teller.

Back to the original article .... beats me how she was hired by Kroger unless there was no real background check done on her.

Comment #9

HaveABall — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 20:13:27 GMT

The article indicated: The Kroger theft was far more costly to her employer. While she pleaded guilty to stealing $189,000 in scratch-off lottery tickets, Kroger said last month when she was convicted that the actual amount was $530,000. In court Tuesday, the judge noted Kroger now believes her theft totals $550,000 in scratch-offs.

Strong reported on her 2009 taxes that she had $43,000 in gambling winnings.

WOW, out of apx. $550,000 worth of scratch-off lottery tickets, only apx. $43,000... [ More ]

Comment #8

emilyg — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:51:01 GMT

I can hardly wait for Nov. Vote them out.

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dpoly1 — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 18:47:52 GMT

There are a few hundred thieves in Washington DC that need to go to jail with her

........ they keep getting rehired also

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jeffrey — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:50:49 GMT

I hate to say it but she looks like an ordinary older lady. That's probably the reason why she gets hired. She blends in to the background very well. She probably does have an addiction or she is desperate. It looked like easy pickings and her two previous slaps on the wrists did no good as a deterent. I just don't understand how she thought she would get away with it. She should have quit and denied everything. Hard to prove these things. Maybe the store had video proof. Crime does not pay but... [ More ]

Comment #5

billyloco — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:24:57 GMT

The perp is a PROFESSIONAL THIEF...DUH!!!!!! I cannot believe that this person was

able to get away with this and how in the heck did Kroger hire her with a record of theft....unless no reference check was done!!

I'm not a virgin to firing employees for theft, and yes you can usually spot a thief within a

few days of observing them, especially if you're expierenced with the 7-Eleven company motto, as i am..... IN GOD WE TRUST, EVERYBODY ELSE WE POLOGRAPH

Comment #4

RJOh — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:12:42 GMT

There must not be many employable people in Westwood if Provident Bank and Kroger hired her to handle their money after she stole $14,150 from Cash City. She probably will have a similar job waiting for her as soon as she's out.

Comment #3

Raven62 — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:42:58 GMT

And now she gets to steal $50,000/yr for the next 5 years ($250,000) from the Citizens of Ohio: The Cost to the Tax Payers to keep her Confined in Prison

Comment #2

Littleoldlady — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:26:56 GMT

I just wonder if some of these weak sentences could have been turned to jail time early and then maybe this third theft would not have happened. Some folks just don't get it .

Comment #1

sully16 — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:00:48 GMT

Bye Bye Debbie, see ya wouldn't want to be ya.

Store clerk gets prison term for Ohio lottery ticket theft

Lottery Post — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:42:45 GMT

Deborah Strong admits she is a habitual thief whose gambling addiction has resulted in her stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from her employers over the last decade.

For her latest theft more than $500,000 in Ohio Lottery scratch-off tickets from a Kroger store she was sent Tuesday to prison for the maximum sentence of five years. She pleaded guilty to the charge of aggravated theft last month.

The sentence was imposed by Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge Dennis Helmick, who... [ More ]