Former Pa. lawmaker given probation in credit card case

A former Democratic state representative from northeastern Pennsylvania was sentenced to three years of probation Tuesday for theft of his mother’s caregiver’s credit card. A judge sentenced former state Rep. Kevin M. Haggerty, who pleaded guilty in April to theft by deception and possessing a counterfeit or altered access device, the Times-Tribune of Scranton reported.

Haggerty, 48, of Dunmore, was charged with using credit cards that belonged to a woman who cared for his elderly mother for more than $950 in purchases in December and January — mostly booze, food and gas.

The attorney general’s office issued a statement saying the sentence was within the state guidelines and that probation officials are expected to “help him stay on the path to sobriety.”

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