Cops: Wedding DJ acknowledges stealing money gift envelopes
MOUNT PLEASANT, Pa. (AP) — A wedding disc jockey must stand trial or work out a plea deal on charges he stole at least $600 from cards given as gifts at a Pennsylvania wedding he worked in July.
State police say 38-year-old Edward McCarty told the he was having financial problems when he stole the envelopes from Jeremy and Ashley Karasek’s July 29 wedding in Yukon. Ashley Karasek tells KDKA-TV that McCarty did a good job as a DJ, but rushed off after stealing all but 12 cards the couple received from 150 guests.
Karasek believes the couple lost about $5,000, but police say McCarty estimates it was about $600.
McCarty and his attorney didn’t comment after he waived a preliminary hearing on theft charges Wednesday. McCarty’s attorney didn’t immediately return a call from The Associated Press Thursday.