By Dave Fopay
JG-TC
CHARLESTON — A prosecutor said a man offered no explanation for why he stole food from a restaurant by refusing to pay his bill for the second time in about two months.
The suspect, Anthony M. Malabehar, 47, whose address on record is 1721 DeWitt Ave., Mattoon, pleaded guilty to a theft charge that accused him of stealing from the Alamo Steak House restaurant in Mattoon on April 4. He was sentenced to prison for three years.
That incident took place less than a month after he pleaded guilty in a case that accused him of stealing from another Mattoon restaurant in the same fashion.
Full story: Man gets 3 years in prison after restaurant meal thefts