Suburban D.C. Cop Sentenced in Not-So Smart Scheme to Break Into ATM Machine

This was not the smartest of schemes.
And because of that, U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte on Monday sentenced former Prince George’s County Police officer Eddie Lee Smith, Jr., 42, of Maryland to two years and six months in prison. He was also ordered to pay $10,170.94 in restitution for damage caused to the ATM machine. Prince George’s County is a suburb of Washington.
Smith admitted in a guilty pleas that while in uniform he met with Earl Blake and told him he had a job for him, authorities said.
Smith drove Blake in his marked police cruiser to the SunTrust Bank in Temple Hills, Md., and gave him a black bag with an electric grinder/saw and other materials. He then instructed him to cut open the ATM safe, authorities said.
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Posted: October 19th, 2010 under News Story.
Tags: atm, blake, Eddie Lee Smith Jr, firefighters, peter messitte, police, Prince George's County
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