Posted on 11/10/2003 7:45:31 PM PST by blam
Ex-NASA Worker Sentenced in Debris Theft
Tuesday November 11, 2003 2:31 AM
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A former NASA employee was sentenced Monday to a year of probation and fined $2,000 for stealing a 3-inch piece of shuttle debris while helping to recover parts of Columbia in Texas.
Michael Pankiewicz pleaded guilty to misdemeanor theft.
His attorney, Paul Byron, said Pankiewicz exercised ``uncharacteristic bad judgment.''
``He has demonstrated true remorse,'' Byron said.
A quality-assurance specialist at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Pankiewicz has since left the agency.
He was among hundreds of NASA employee sent to Texas and Louisiana to help look for pieces of the shuttle after it disintegrated Feb. 1, killing all seven astronauts aboard.
Pankiewicz's ex-wife reported him to authorities in March.
There's a lesson here, guys
No matter how much you think you "love" her, how pretty she is, or how great the s#x is, never tell your wife or girlfriend anything you have done that could result in criminal charges against you or could get you fired from your job.
Because rest assured, if you dump her she will use what she knows to try and mess up your life.
The jails are full of guys who were ratted out by women who were angry at them.
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