Stolen CU Cash Bought Drugs And PokerChips

Published November 29, 2004, 1:00 a.m. EST

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Updated August 27, 2020, 2:38 a.m. EDT

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AUGUSTA, Me. - (11/29/04) -- Three men were charged last weekwith robbing Vassalboro CU last month and using the stolen money tobuy drugs and to gamble at Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut. Thethree, identified as Albert Peaslee, 21, Jimmy Lee Wilson, 20, bothof Augusta, and Jeremy Jones, 26, of Gardiner, were charged withrobbery and conspiracy to commit robbery. The suspects are accusedof using the stolen credit union cash to but crack cocaine, heroinand household items, and to finance a gambling spree.

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