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MIDDLESBORO, Ky. (AP) - Bell County Constable Jesse James Hall and his wife pleaded guilty Thursday to stealing charitable bingo proceeds.
According to the Middlesboro Daily News, Jesse and Juanita Hall pleaded guilty to all 23 counts against them. They operated the Bell County Bingo Parlor in Middlesboro.
The Halls surrendered their home to the Bell County Fair and Exhibition Board as part of the $77,741 restitution the plea agreement requires.
The couple will be probation for five years and are barred from operating charitable bingo for life.
Jesse Hall's attorney told WYMT-TV in Hazard is client will resign from office before he is formally sentenced on Oct. 12.
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