OFFICE OF THE STATE’S ATTORNEY

FOR

BALTIMORE CITY

 

208 THE CLARENCE M. MITCHELL, JR. COURTHOUSE

 

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND  21202

Patricia C. Jessamy                                                                                                                                                             

State’s Attorney

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

  

For Information Contact:           Margaret T. Burns

                                                Chief, Communications & Governmental Affairs

Office (443) 984-1121 or Cell Phone (443) 474-7479

                                                                        Or

                                                Joseph Sviatko, Deputy Division Chief

                                                Office (443) 984-1122 or Cell (410) 790-3248

 

PRESS RELEASE

 

JAY KENNETH WAGNER PLEADS GUILTY TO CONTINUING THEFT; SENTENCED TO SUSPENDED TWO-YEAR PRISON TERM

 

            Baltimore, MD – October 21, 2009 – At arraignment yesterday, Jay Kenneth Wagner, 32, of the 3400 block of Labyrinth Road pled guilty to continuing theft.  Judge Timothy J. Doory sentenced Wagner to a suspended two-year prison term and two years probation.  Wagner paid $13,717 in restitution in court yesterday.

 

            Between January 18, 2007 and May 19, 2009 stole over $13,717 from Maimonides Academy/Yeshivat Rambam School.  Wagner worked as assistant principal at the school.  The theft was discovered by the school and involved a series of school checks taken by Wagner which were either cashed or deposited into his account.

 

Assistant State’s Attorney and Economic Crimes Division Chief Elizabeth Ritter prosecuted this case.

 

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