Man Gets 1-3 Months for Stealing $13K from Douglass Golf Course

Ryan Patrick Markle, 24, just scored the biggest bogey of them all at Twin Ponds Golf Course.

On Tuesday, the resident of the 600 block of South Valley Forge Road in Lansdale admitted to stealing more than $13,000 from the Douglass, Montgomery County golf course in after-hours thefts, while employed there in 2011, according to a Pottstown Mercury article.

He was sentenced to one to three months at the Montgomery County prison, according to the article, but he also will receive credit for time already served. Upon release, he was sentenced to three years’ probation.

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Markle, who entered a plea agreement, must pay back $13,515 to the Twin Ponds Gold Course, according to the article. Markle admitted to felony theft by unlawful taking, stating that he entered the business after hours and removed money from various locations inside the business.

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