I do know there are totally different gods for everybody, however I’ve bought a sense none of them can be chill with rigging a charity church raffle to get a C8 Corvette Convertible. Effectively, that is precisely what one pastor in Erie, Pennsylvaniaallegedly did. Rev. Ross R. Miceli is accused of fabricating the identify of the Corvette raffle winner, in addition to the winners of different smaller prizes.
Now, the Erie County District Legal professional’s Workplace is investigating the St. Jude the Apostle Church Reverand, alleging that he rigged the Corvette raffletampered with its information and even dedicated theft, in line with the Erie Occasions-Information. Miceli admitted to shifting cash from the automobile raffle account to a different account, claiming this different account — below the church’s identify — was interest-bearing. It wasn’t simply the Corvette raffle, although. He additionally reportedly made up a number of the winners for $500 prizes that have been provided. Throughout an interview with detectives, the 42-year-old admitted to picking the $500 winners who have been all household mates or his favourite parishioners.
How we bought right here
Final 12 months, St. June the Apostle Church kicked off a raffle to boost cash for the parish. Its aim was to promote 9,999 tickets at $50 a pop to hopefully elevate about $500,000, in line with the Erie Occasions-Information. The grand prize was the aforementioned Corvette Convertible 1LThowever there have been different smaller prizes that led as much as the Christmas Eve Corvette drawing. Ticket holders have been assigned random numbers by way of the pc, and the four-digit quantity on the successful ticket needed to match the successful quantity in that night’s Decide 4 Pennsylvania Lottery drawing.
The quantity drawn, 5851, was assigned to Martin Anderson of Detroit. He was named the winner on the raffle’s Fb web page and determined to take the $50,000 money prize reasonably than the convertible. There was only one problem: Anderson by no means purchased a ticket. So, not solely is he lame for taking the cash, he is a cheat (allegedly)!
Shock, shock. Miceli is leaving the church because the investigation continues, in line with the Occasions-Information. He will probably be heading to a few smaller church buildings southeast of Erie. There isn’t any phrase but on what kind of punishment he could possibly be dealing with.
h/t: Street & Observe
