Saturday, May 08, 2004
News 14 Carolina | 24 Hour Local News | HEADLINES | Sports memorabilia dealer pleads guilty in aging player caseSports memorabilia dealer pleads guilty in aging player case
5/8/2004 3:29 PM
By: Associated Press
(WINSTON-SALEM) -- A man who stole jerseys and memorabilia
from an ailing NFL Hall of Fame member has pleaded guilty to
transporting stolen goods.
Shawn Michael Stevens of Gloversville, New York, could get up to ten years in prison and a $250,000 fine when he is sentenced in September.
He agreed to plead guilty Thursday in federal court in Greensboro.
Prosecutors agreed not to oppose a motion to dismiss a charge of issuing counterfeit checks.
The autograph dealer was indicted in late April on charges that said he fleeced 80-year-old Pete Pihos of Winston-Salem out of his football mementos in exchange for $30,000 in worthless checks.
Pihos has Alzheimer's disease.
He now has his old Pro Bowl jerseys back, as well as his leather pads and the football signed by 25 fellow Hall of Famers.
5/8/2004 3:29 PM
By: Associated Press
(WINSTON-SALEM) -- A man who stole jerseys and memorabilia
from an ailing NFL Hall of Fame member has pleaded guilty to
transporting stolen goods.
Shawn Michael Stevens of Gloversville, New York, could get up to ten years in prison and a $250,000 fine when he is sentenced in September.
He agreed to plead guilty Thursday in federal court in Greensboro.
Prosecutors agreed not to oppose a motion to dismiss a charge of issuing counterfeit checks.
The autograph dealer was indicted in late April on charges that said he fleeced 80-year-old Pete Pihos of Winston-Salem out of his football mementos in exchange for $30,000 in worthless checks.
Pihos has Alzheimer's disease.
He now has his old Pro Bowl jerseys back, as well as his leather pads and the football signed by 25 fellow Hall of Famers.
