Woman pleads guilty to taking lotto tickets

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Woman pleads guilty to taking lotto tickets

Published: Friday, December 17, 2010 5:07 PM CST
A Michigan City woman has been sentenced after she admitted to stealing hundreds of dollars worth of lottery tickets from her employer.

Tiffany Borolov, 22, of 420 Benton St., pleaded guilty Wednesday in La Porte Circuit Court to Class D felony theft. She’ll be monitored for 90 days by a satellite tracking device as well as serve 455 days on probation.

According to court documents, while Borolov was working at East Side Produce at 4666 W. U.S. 20, she removed scratch-off lottery tickets from their dispenser at her cashier station. Police were contacted August 13 when owner Mike Mussa, while reviewing store surveillance video, witnessed her stealing the tickets. According to court records, Borolov took 260 tickets in one shift; 15 were winners that she collected on.

The investigation shows Borolov used a scanning device to tell which tickets were winners without fully scratching them off, and then used store proceeds to collect the payoffs.

An audit revealed that during her employment Borolov took $5 scratch-off tickets with a total retail value of $21,518. Under the plea, Borolov will have to pay back the store $250 for the tickets she admitted taking.

— From staff reports




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Sara wrote on Dec 17, 2010 8:08 PM:
" I think thats terrible that all she gets is a slap on the wrist! She stole over $21,000 and only has to pay back $250??? I think she should have to pay every penny back, but that is our justice system for you. "

Christopher wrote on Dec 17, 2010 8:19 PM:
" She should have to pay back what she stole, what is the store supposed to do with $250 "

Sydney H wrote on Dec 17, 2010 8:20 PM:
" She should have to pay eastside back "

Brian wrote on Dec 17, 2010 8:23 PM:
" Who did she pay for such a light sentence "

no justice wrote on Dec 17, 2010 11:32 PM:
" What has our system come to. We can steal thousands of dollars , and get a slap on the hand. What will they think of next , to help the thief get away with , without worrying about getting punished. It seems we are making it easier for a thief. That is why insurance is so high for small business. "

w.c. wrote on Dec 18, 2010 7:43 AM:
" who ever said crime doesn't pay.must of had a great lawyer.just another example of a flawed justice system "

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