Former Yankees pitcher gets 5 years in prison

Article published Nov 30, 2007
Former Yankees pitcher gets 5 years in prison
STAFF REPORT



SARASOTA COUNTY -- A circuit judge sentenced former New York Yankees
relief pitcher Kenneth Clay to five years in prison Wednesday, a
longer sentence than the prosecutor recommended.

A jury convicted Clay, 53, of grand theft for creating a fake sales
order at the Sarasota copy machine office where he worked in 2005 that
would have netted him a $7,500 commission check.

Prosecutors recommended a prison sentence of three years, but Circuit
Judge Rick De Furia cited the former major league pitcher's criminal
history in giving him the maximum sentence for the charge.

Clay has been caught stealing several times since his short career as
a ballplayer ended, and he was on probation for a similar crime when
he tried to steal from the copy machine office in 2005.

In that previous case, Clay had pleaded guilty in Manatee County to
stealing identification information about his girlfriend and using it
to falsify credit card applications to forge checks and lease a 1998
Nissan Pathfinder.

Clay, who left Major League Baseball in 1982, was a relief pitcher on
a New York Yankees team that won back-to-back world championships with
legends like Reggie Jackson and Lou Piniella.

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20071130/NEWS/711300337/1006/SPORTS

On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:17:07 -0800 (PST), Marcus <marcususenet.RemoveThis@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Article published Nov 30, 2007
>Former Yankees pitcher gets 5 years in prison
>STAFF REPORT
>
>
>
>SARASOTA COUNTY -- A circuit judge sentenced former New York Yankees
>relief pitcher Kenneth Clay to five years in prison Wednesday, a
>longer sentence than the prosecutor recommended.
>
>A jury convicted Clay, 53, of grand theft for creating a fake sales
>order at the Sarasota copy machine office where he worked in 2005 that
>would have netted him a $7,500 commission check.
>
>Prosecutors recommended a prison sentence of three years, but Circuit
>Judge Rick De Furia cited the former major league pitcher's criminal
>history in giving him the maximum sentence for the charge.
>
>Clay has been caught stealing several times since his short career as
>a ballplayer ended, and he was on probation for a similar crime when
>he tried to steal from the copy machine office in 2005.
>
>In that previous case, Clay had pleaded guilty in Manatee County to
>stealing identification information about his girlfriend and using it
>to falsify credit card applications to forge checks and lease a 1998
>Nissan Pathfinder.
>
>Clay, who left Major League Baseball in 1982, was a relief pitcher on
>a New York Yankees team that won back-to-back world championships with
>legends like Reggie Jackson and Lou Piniella.
>
>http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20071130/NEWS/711300337/1006/SPORTS


He has rings. Is he that hard up for cash?

Vinnie S.