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The Utica Observer-Dispatch, http://www.uticaod.com

Herkimer, NY

A for­mer upstate New York vil­lage police inves­ti­ga­tor has pleaded guilty to gam­bling away thou­sands of dol­lars he stole from the police station’s evi­dence room. 

Robert Risi was sched­uled to go on trial next week in Herkimer County Court but instead pleaded guilty Wednes­day to grand larceny.

The 42-year-old Risi will receive one to three years in state prison and have to pay $15,800 in resti­tu­tion. His sen­tenc­ing is set for Jan. 21.

Pros­e­cu­tors said Risi, an 18-year-veteran with the Herkimer Police Depart­ment, began to steal money in small amounts from the department’s evi­dence room in Novem­ber 2008. State police began prob­ing Risi in late April when $8,733 related to a Herkimer con­ve­nience store rob­bery was miss­ing from the stor­age room.

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