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Article: FORMER MARYLAND TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION BUS DRIVER SENTENCED TO SERVE 2 YEARS IN SCHEME TO SELL STOLEN DAY PASSES
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- April 4, 2006
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The Maryland Attorney General issued the following news release:
Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran, Jr. announced today that Francisco Rivera, Jr., age 53, of Park Heights Avenue in Baltimore City, was sentenced to six years in the Department of Corrections, with all but two of those years suspended, by Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Roger Brown. Rivera was convicted of felony theft and conspiracy to commit felony theft (by a jury) on January 27, 2006.
During the three-day trial, the jury heard evidence that Rivera, a Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) bus driver, engaged in a scheme to illegally print day passes from his MTA bus and then sell those passes at a discount on ...