I'm so glad this butmunch got jail time! 

This is the idiot that stole a flat panel TV from the veterans center a while back, I think I posted the original story then.  He walked in, loaded it up and wheeled it out in broad daylight.  The poor vets thought he was taking it in for repairs.

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A 44-year-old slaughterhouse worker who stole a large screen television from the Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center in April was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison today, as the judge brushed aside a recommendation of probation.

In handing down the sentence, Chief U.S. District Judge Rudolph Randa cited defendant Jeffry Polak's many run-ins with the law including more than 13 arrests for drunken driving, fraud, obstruction and other crimes. Federal guidelines called for six to 12 months on the felony conviction with that kind of record.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan Koenig asked for three years of probation, six months under home arrest, 200 hours community service and restitution, a recommendation echoed by Polak's attorney, public defender Daniel Stiller.

Randa disregarded that suggestion, saying Polak's history with alcohol shows he needs help.

"You have a substance abuse problem, a huge one," Randa said. "I don't see how you are going to be deterred without a sentence. I am going to send you to jail. I make the call and that is the call I am making because of the circumstances I have mentioned."

Randa said he tacked on the extra day so Polak will be eligible for substance abuse treatment in prison.
Polak declined to comment afterward.

In court documents filed this week, Polak said he stole the 52-inch Samsung LCD set, valued at $3,600, as a birthday gift for his disabled wife. A veteran himself, Polak also said he was taking what he thought he deserved from the military, the documents say.

In court today, Polak apologized to veterans and his family.

"I hope someday they can forgive me," he said.

Randa, who also gave Polak three years of supervised release after he gets out of prison. He also must serve 20 hours of community service - at the VA - and pay $3,260 to replace the television he stole and later dumped in a landfill.