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Man Pleads Guilty in Thefts

DEADWOOD, South Dakota -- A Minnesota man has pleaded guilty to two felonies related to stealing from slot machines in Deadwood.

Prosecutor John Fitzgerald said Tracy Brandt stole almost $4,000 by jamming nickels into the machines at local casinos in early July.

Brandt pleaded guilty to grand theft and fraudulent gaming. He faces up to 15 years in prison, plus restitution. Sentencing is scheduled for Nov. 9.

Fitzgerald said that at the time of the South Dakota crimes, Brandt was on probation in Minnesota for an April theft conviction in Mower County.

Authorities originally charged Brandt with 28 counts in the Deadwood case, but 26 of them were dropped when he pleaded guilty.

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