Softball scam in Florida

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http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/23032006/6/n-odds-florida-catches-thief-prison-softball-scam.html

Florida catches thief in prison softball scam
Thu Mar 23, 09:55 AM EST

MIAMI (Reuters) - A former professional baseball player given a phantom job in a prison library to help the guards win a softball tournament was ordered to repay his $1,400 salary, the Florida attorney general said Wednesday.

Mark Guerra, a former pitcher with a Houston Astros' minor league affiliate, helped a team of prison guards win the Florida Department of Corrections' annual softball tournament last year.

Guerra, 34, was hired as a temporary worker in the library at the Apalachee Correctional Institution but never showed up during the four weeks he was on the payroll, Attorney General Charles Crist said.

Guerra acknowledged the money was for playing in the tournament and pleaded guilty to a theft charge Tuesday. He was ordered to repay the $1,400, perform 50 hours of community service and cooperate in a prison corruption investigation.

"It is disturbing that a state agency would place so much importance on a team sport that it would stoop to committing crimes," Crist said.