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Gilbert Sapperstein apologized yesterday for his role in a scheme to steal more than $3.3 million from the city school system - but the grandfather and businessman received little sympathy as he was sentenced to 18 months in jail. "I made a mistake, and I embarrassed my family," said Sapperstein, who pleaded guilty in May to conspiracy, bribery and theft. In a plea deal with the state prosecutor's office, Sapperstein, 72, a Green Spring Valley resident and owner of All State Boiler Service Inc., also agreed to pay back the stolen money. Baltimore Circuit Judge John M. Glynn snapped back...

Mobtown Beat | Business Hot Contract City Bribery Scandal Tied to Influential Father and Son BOILERPLATE: Allstate Boiler Service, a company owned by Gilbert Sapperstein and housed in a building owned by his son, Mark Sapperstein, is involved in bribery scandal being investigated by the state. By Van Smith Mark Sapperstein owns 113 W. Hamburg St., an 8,000-square-foot commercial building in Sharp-Leadenhall. The South Baltimore property, though devoid of signs, houses Allstate Boiler Service, a company owned by Gilbert Sapperstein, Mark’s 73-year-old father. On Jan. 7, Allstate Boiler’s bookkeeper and office manager, Ida Marie Beran, pled guilty in a bribery...