AUGUSTA, Maine — A man is going to spend three days in jail and pay a $10,000 fine for redeeming New Hampshire bottles and cans in Maine to collect the 5 cent deposit.
The Maine attorney general’s office says 67-year-old Dennis Reed pleaded guilty to a variety of charges in York County Superior Court. He was sentenced Monday in Alfred.
Reed owns a Derry, N.H., sports complex called SportsZone.
Officials say that between April 2008 and February 2010 Reed obtained over $4,400 by redeeming New Hampshire containers, for which no deposit was paid, in Maine
Maine officials say that Reed ordered his employees in New Hampshire to separate all containers carrying the Maine refund label that were taken to Green Bee Redemption in Kittery.
Many unhappy returns.
I think I saw this years ago on Seinfeld.
Kramer and Newman are at it again!
Dennis runs a top notch program in NH. I was shocked to read this information.
The fact that he runs a top notch program dosen’t make him an honest man !
Should have gone to Michigan
Wait…. he earned $4400 and is fined $10k??? What a deal!
He is learning that crime doesn’t pay.
His grand scheme cost him $5,600 in the long run, and got him a bonus criminal record.
Unless in retaliation he moves here and signed up for benefits.
B.S!!!!!
who are the dumbasses who took back the cans and payed for them sounds like there own fault. they use a pen to check to see if money is real these cans are stamped.. just need to look and read
The containers had proper Maine refund labeling. Look at a few and see what it says. I’ve got a generic 3 liter ginger ale here and it’s labeled for refund in 10 states. I could take it to Michigan and get 10 cents. How would they know I bought it in Maine and only paid 5 cents deposit?
I have a Vernor’s gingerale can from Michigan. Paid 10 cents deposit for it and hope to get 5 cents back.
Go to the airport and find somebody who is going to Michigan. They can buy it from you for 8 cents and make a 2 cent profit when they get to Michigan.
Should we all feel safer now?
I guess the state of Maine has solved all major crime and is now looking at the smaller stuff !
What a system, this guy gets a stiffer fine than drug dealers!
Hey here is a thought STOP CHARGING A DEPOSIT!!