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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; The state&#8217;s highest court will not hear a former city towing contractor&#8217;s case.</p><p>A state Supreme Court order issued Monday denied Leo A. Glodzik&#8217;s petition for allowance of appeal, putting an end to the process of appealing his county prison sentence.</p><p>Jurors in May 2014 found Glodzik, 44, guilty of theft, convicting him of allegations he stole $2,100 in bait money that he believed to be seized drug money and tried to share part of the cash with a state trooper posing as a &#8220;dirty&#8221; officer.</p><p>The conviction eventually cost him an exclusive towing contract with Wilkes-Barre city.</p><p>Glodzik remained free on bail through much of the appeals process until June 20, when he began serving a three-to-12-month term in the Luzerne County Correctional Facility. He still faces weapons charges and federal bank fraud charges related to the Wilkes-Barre City Employees Federal Credit Union.</p><p>A judge last week also ordered Glodzik&#8217;s company, LAG Wrecking Inc., to comply with a 2014 state Department of Environmental Protection order and take action in either removing or repairing an abandoned railroad bridge or face fines of $100 per day.</p><p>Glodzik, doing business as LAG Wrecking, purchased the bridge from the Luzerne County Redevelopment Authority in 2008 for $500.</p><p>The DEP has warned the bridge, which spans the Susquehanna River between Duryea and Exeter Township, is in imminent danger of collapse, and such an event would create a danger to life and property.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By James O&#8217;Malley</p><p>jomalley@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach James O&#8217;Malley at 570-991-6390 or on Twitter @TL_omalley.</p></shirttailMeta></div>

State Supreme Court denies Glodzik appeal