Little League Thief Charged With Failure To Pay Restitution

Little League Thief Charged With Failure To Pay Restitution

Damien Fisher News Staff Writer GARDNER — The man who pleaded guilty to stealing more than $10,000 from the Templeton Little League is in trouble again, this time for allegedly failing to pay back the money he took. Peter R. Krejmas, 45, still owes the $9,575 in restitution and has reportedly not been keeping up with his payments. Court records show that Mr. Krejmas is being charged with violating his probation for failing to make $100 a month payments to the league. Mr. Krejmas was sentenced to two years’ probation in August 2011 after he pleaded guilty to one count of larceny more than $250 for reportedly defrauding the Little League. The Orange resident has been in and out of trouble with the law for years. The Templeton case revolves around a fence for the league that he never built after taking payment for the job, according to court records. Mr. Krejmas was hired in 2010 to build the fence for the league’s then-new field off Maple Street, according to court records. The league officials dealing with Mr. Krejmas cut him a check in September 2010, which he reportedly cashed within an hour, one league official told The Gardner News. After several delays on the project in the spring of 2011, including stories from Mr. Krejmas that reportedly didn’t make sense, the league officials went to police. Police reports show Mr. Krejmas explained the lack of work at one point by saying he didn’t have the required permits. Another excuse was he could not move the special drilling equipment needed for the particular soil at the field. At one point, he claimed the concrete work was done, but the concrete company was never contacted, according to reports. League officials finally asked for the money back, and Mr. Krejmas refused, the reports show. When the league officials started investigating Mr. Krejmas, they found he had been arrested on charges out of New Hampshire. There were also open cases theft at the time in which Mr. Krejmas had been charged in Whatley, and in Brattleboro, Vermont. Mr. Krejmas has been charged more than once with not making the payments on the restitution, according to court records. He is due in the Gardner District Court on Dec. 3 for a hearing on the latest alleged probation violation.