NEWARK — A St. Louisville man accused of taking more than $135,000 from elderly area residents and gambling with some of it is scheduled to be on an Ohio Lottery game show. Timothy L. Snyder, 44, is awaiting a May trial on three theft charges and a misuse of a credit card charge for allegedly taking insurance benefits from elderly people in return for unperformed handiwork. Snyder is scheduled to appear March 31 on the Ohio Lottery game show “Make Me Famous, Make Me Rich,” said Marie Kilbane, public information officer with the Ohio Lottery.
Snyder allegedly encouraged his victims to open joint accounts with him and cash in annuities in order to buy supplies for home repairs between March 2004 and last September. The work wasn’t completed.
Some of the money he allegedly received was used for gambling in Indiana casinos, according to a press release issued by the Ohio Department of Insurance.
Snyder could be sentenced to more than 20 years in prison if found guilty after his trial in Licking County Common Pleas Court scheduled to start May 29 in front of Judge Jon Spahr.
While awaiting his trial, Snyder is out of jail on a $5,000 bond. Licking County Assistant Prosecutor Dan Huston said there are no restrictions on Snyder’s bond that prohibit him from participating in the game show.
Kilbane said the Ohio Lottery does not do background checks on contestants, though they do check for child support and in-state withholdings.
While incarcerated Ohio gamblers aren’t eligible for the show, Kilbane said there’s nothing that prevents Snyder from playing if he’s out on bond.
Goosey's Gabbings..
Another one for the "ummmm..what?" record books. So, the guy bilks people of 135,000 and then goes and buys tickets with the money and wins an appearance on a game show to possibly win more money?
I thought that money laundering was HARD to do.
Another wonderful statement--"Does not do background checks, though they do check for child support..." Ok....so again...if I am a month behind on my support for whatever reason, I wouldn't have a prayer to be on the show, but Charles Manson can?
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