Man Who Stole $314K From VA Hospital Canteen Gets Prison
ANN ARBOR (AP) - A man who stole $314,000 from the VA Medical Center in Ann Arbor has been sentenced to 15 months in prison.
Glenn Bates was manager and then chief of the Veterans Canteen Service at the hospital, which included merchandise, food and vending machines. Investigators say he stole money from 2007 to early 2013 and spent it on strip clubs, sex and gambling.
Bates, a former Saline City Council member, pleaded guilty in December to theft of public money.
U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade says the betrayal of veterans is "particularly egregious." The 58-year-old Bates, known as "Al," was sentenced Wednesday by federal Judge Avern Cohn.
Defense attorney Todd Shanker says Bates "deeply regrets" his crime. The government says he was dishonorably discharged from the Navy in 1976.
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