HOLLIDAYBURG, Pa. (AP) - April 15, 2009
Forty-two-year-old Jerome Banks, of Tyrone, wanted Blair County
Judge Hiram Carpenter to jail him Tuesday. Banks says he's due to
receive disability payments in about a year, but for now claims
he's broke and can't repay the Sheetz store in Tyrone for gas he
stole last June and July.
Carpenter refused to accept Banks guilty plea and send him to
jail. The judge told Banks he'd still owe the money after he got
out of jail, so he might as well pay it off sooner - at which time
Carpenter says he'll dismiss the charges.
The judge gave Banks until May 4 to pay.
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Information from: Altoona Mirror, http://www.altoonamirror.com
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