COCHRANTON, Pa. (AP) - A Pennsylvania county jail warden has resigned after he was charged along with his wife with stealing $132,000 from a Moose lodge.
Crawford County Warden Timothy Lewis was initially suspended with pay before resigning last month.
His wife, Debra, has been given paid leave from her job as a county assessor.
State prosecutors say the couple stole the money from the Moose lodge in East Fairfield Township starting in 2011. They were club officers, and prosecutors say they took the money to pay debts from playing “small games of chance” at the club.
Prosecutors say Warden Lewis also rigged a raffle in which he won $2,000.
The couple’s attorney hasn’t returned calls for comment. They face a preliminary hearing Monday.
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