(The Associated Press circulated the following story on July 31.)
ALBANY, N.Y. — A former Amtrak conductor pleaded guilty Thursday to stealing $41,000 in cash ticket sales from passengers, officials said.
Dennis Hartley, 44, pleaded guilty to one count of theft of more than $5,000 from Amtrak. On Wednesday, two former assistant conductors, Keith Latimer, 39 and Michael Greene, 25, each pleaded guilty to the same charge.
Prosecutors said the trio failed to remit cash receipts obtained from passenger ticket sales and used the money for personal expenses. Latimer admitted to stealing $16,000 and Greene $13,000.
Passengers are allowed to pay the conductor or assistant conductor cash for their tickets when they board a train. Despite receiving notification of internal audits in 2001 of several employees at the Albany-Rensselaer station, the men failed to pay back the full amount.
Hartley was later fired from his job and Latimer and Greene resigned.
The men will be sentenced in November.