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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; A federal judge granted the latest request to continue the two trials of Leo Glodzik III.</p><p>Glodzik, 44, of Wilkes-Barre, was scheduled to begin trial Monday on charges he cheated the Wilkes-Barre City Employees Federal Credit Union, and a trial on July 27 on charges he possessed three firearms while being a convicted felon.</p><p>U.S. District Court Judge A. Richard Caputo granted the requests by federal prosecutors to continue the separate trials, which are now scheduled for late August.</p><p>Glodzik was indicted along with former Wilkes-Barre police officer Tino Ninotti and credit union assistant manager Amanda Magda Plisko in August 2014 on bank fraud offenses stemming from questionable loans obtained through the credit union, located on the first floor of Wilkes-Barre City Hall.</p><p>Glodzik was hit with a superseding indictment in April further alleging he aided in the making of a false statement by using a fraudulent check on a closed bank account.</p><p>When federal prosecutors arrested Glodzik at his residence in August 2014, federal agents and undercover state police troopers allegedly found two rifles and shotgun inside. Glodzik is prohibited from owning, possessing and carrying any firearms due to a theft conviction in Luzerne County Court, court records say.</p><p>Ninotti pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud in connection to obtaining a $25,086 loan from the credit union with the premise he was buying a 2011 Dodge Ram pickup truck from Glodzik, according to court records.</p><p>A vehicle identification number Glodzik allegedly gave Ninotti for the loan did not match the Dodge, federal prosecutors said.</p><p>Ninotti is scheduled to be sentenced Aug. 17.</p><p>Plisko, who pleaded guilty to bank fraud for her alleged role in witnessing a forged signature on Ninotti&#8217;s loan, is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 6.</p><p>Glodzik is jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility serving a three-to-12 month sentence on the theft conviction. A county jury in May 2014 convicted Glodzik of stealing $2,100 from a car he towed.</p><p>Glodzik&#8217;s company, LAG Towing and Transport, had the exclusive towing contract for Wilkes-Barre until Mayor Thomas Leighton terminated the contract in April.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Towing company owner Leo Glodzik III walks to his sentencing at the Luzerne Courthouse in May 2014. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/web1_Leo-Glodzik-5-15-141.jpg</photo0><caption0>Towing company owner Leo Glodzik III walks to his sentencing at the Luzerne Courthouse in May 2014. </caption0><photoCredit0>Times Leader file </photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Ed Lewis</p><p>elewis@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Ed Lewis at 570-991-6116 or on Twitter @TLEdLewis</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Glodzik’s trials on bank fraud, firearm offense postponed