SON OF HARRY HOPE
2006-08-30 16:43:05 UTC
NEW YORK (UPI) -- A New York medical bookkeeper is headed to prison
after admitting to stealing $2.3 million over three years to feed her
lottery addiction.
Annie Donnelly, 38, of Farmingville, N.Y., on Long Island, said at the
peak of her illicit career, she was spending as much as $6,000 a day
on various lotteries with money stolen from her employers, Great South
Bay Surgical Associates.
She got tripped up when one of the doctor's paychecks bounced, Newsday
reported.
Donnelly has been behind bars since her arrest in June and pleaded
guilty Wednesday to second-degree grand larceny. She faces a maximum
of 4 to 12 years in prison when she is sentenced on Sept. 20, the New
York Daily News reported.
The New York Post cited "sources" as saying Donnelly's total winnings
were likely less than $100,000.
Her 42-year-old husband Scott said he had no idea what his wife was up
to, and vowed to keep their family of three children together.
"Of course, I love her -- I'm with her for 18 years," he said. "When
she gets out of jail, she has to get her act together."
The indiscriminate denunciation of the rich is mischievous.... No poor
man was ever made richer or happier by it.
--Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) 23rd US President
after admitting to stealing $2.3 million over three years to feed her
lottery addiction.
Annie Donnelly, 38, of Farmingville, N.Y., on Long Island, said at the
peak of her illicit career, she was spending as much as $6,000 a day
on various lotteries with money stolen from her employers, Great South
Bay Surgical Associates.
She got tripped up when one of the doctor's paychecks bounced, Newsday
reported.
Donnelly has been behind bars since her arrest in June and pleaded
guilty Wednesday to second-degree grand larceny. She faces a maximum
of 4 to 12 years in prison when she is sentenced on Sept. 20, the New
York Daily News reported.
The New York Post cited "sources" as saying Donnelly's total winnings
were likely less than $100,000.
Her 42-year-old husband Scott said he had no idea what his wife was up
to, and vowed to keep their family of three children together.
"Of course, I love her -- I'm with her for 18 years," he said. "When
she gets out of jail, she has to get her act together."
The indiscriminate denunciation of the rich is mischievous.... No poor
man was ever made richer or happier by it.
--Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) 23rd US President