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Friday, July 26, 1996     Page: 2A

SCRANTON — A Pittston man was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court to
one-year probation for his role in illegal gambling businesses in Luzerne and
Lackawanna counties, according to the clerk of courts office.
   
Eugene O’Brien was one of 10 people who pleaded guilty to running illegal
gambling businesses last November.
    O’Brien also was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Edwin Kosik to serve 100
hours of community service and pay a $50 special assessment.
   
The charge carried a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a
$250,000 fine.
   
The 10 cases are connected to the illegal gambling rings run by Joseph
Marranca of Exeter and Jay Dembesky of Dickson City, the U.S. attorney had
said.