Forged gambling machine tickets used to steal thousands in Johnstown, police say
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WJAC) — Two men are facing theft charges for allegedly stealing $2,000 from a bar by altering gambling machine tickets.
Police say surveillance video shows a woman, known by police, played the gambling machine at the Fifth Avenue Bar March 17 and claimed to have won $1,000 by providing an altered ticket to the bartender.
The bartender took the ticket and gave the woman $1,000, according a criminal complaint.
The next day two men, Saladin Moore and Richard Rice, both 26, and from Philadelphia, played the gambling machine and claimed to have won $1,000, before being joined by the woman at the bar, police say.
On March 20, when the gambling machine’s payouts were checked, it was discovered that the tickets the three used were only $1 winners, but were changed to show $1,000.
Both men are being held in the Cambria County Prison. Their bail is set at $75,000.
According to court documents, the woman is facing charges but is not in prison at this time.
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