Cook faced up to five years in prison for the incidents that took place at the Wayland, Mich. gaming property. A plea agreement was accepted by U.S. Magistrate Judge Ray Kent in September.<\/p>\n
Investigators revealed that Cook deposited the stolen money in his personal Lake Michigan Credit Union bank account. He used some of the ill-gotten money to buy a used Chevrolet pickup truck, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n
Mr. Cook\u2019s behavior was very out of character for him, and he maintains that it will never happen again,\u201d<\/strong> his attorney, Jessica E. LaFond, stated in a court document, according to Michigan TV station WOOD<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nBut prosecutors pointed to his guilt.<\/p>\n
“The defendant was in a position of trust,\u201d Assistant U.S. Attorney Erin Lane said in another court document.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis case reflects my office\u2019s strong commitment to working in partnership with Tribal leadership and law enforcement to prosecute crimes that occur on tribal lands, including theft from Tribal businesses,\u201d Mark A. Totten, the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan said in a statement. “Together, we will hold criminals accountable for their wrongdoing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gun Lake Casino is operated by the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians<\/a>. It has over 2,500 slot machines. Gun Lake Casino is located some 20 miles south of Grand Rapids.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An ex-worker at Michigan\u2019s Gun Lake Casino who stole over $84K after the currency got jammed in machines was sentenced this week to four months behind bars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":305531,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,18456],"tags":[13766,81928,81863,83146,81862],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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