Guilty! Gordon Haas, Greenport, New York (arrested Oct 2014) [grand larceny]

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Gordon Haas (East Marion, New York), chair of the math department at Greenport High School, Greenport Union Free School District, Greenport, New York, "charged with grand larceny"

After arrest of Greenport High School math teacher, district not yet decided on any possible action

[Gordon] Haas, of East Marion, was cuffed on Saturday after he stole money from a wallet in a Southold restaurant and then hid the wallet and a cell p[h]one in the toilet tank in the bathroom, police said. According to Southold Town police, Haas, 54, was arrested at 1 p.m. at the Southold restaurant and charged with grand larceny in the fourth degree, a felony, because the value of the items was valued at over $1000. Police said all the items were recovered, but the iPhone was found to be unusable. Haas was taken to Southold Town police headquarters, where he was processed and held overnight to await arraignment, police said.​

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Greenport High School math teacher Gordon Haas, of East Marion, faces grand larceny charges after allegedly stealing wallet and iPhone

Investigators say Gordon Haas, of East Marion, stole more than $600 cash from a wallet he found inside the restroom of Founder’s Tavern in Southold Saturday. He then allegedly hid the wallet and an iPhone in a toilet.

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Greenport High Teacher Accused of Theft, Faces Felony Charge

Gordon Haas, who is the chairman of the mathematics department at Greenport High according to News 12, is accused of stealing $500 from a wallet and then hiding the wallet and an iPhone inside a toilet at Founder’s Tavern, which is located at 55500 Main Road. According to a Suffolk Times report, Haas, of East Marion, confessed to the theft after the tavern’s owner told patrons that security cameras outside the bathroom would ID the thief. Haas, 54, is charged with fourth degree grand larceny, a felony.

Haas, 54, is charged with fourth degree grand larceny, a felony. He has two prior arrests–in 2007 and 1990–on DWI charges, the Times reported.

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Greenport H.S. math teacher released following larceny arrest

The Greenport High School math teacher who was arrested on a grand larceny charge Saturday afternoon after stealing cash from the wallet of another patron at a restaurant in Southold was released on his own recognizance following his arraignment Sunday morning.


Gordon Haas, 54, of East Marion appeared wearing blue jeans, tennis shoes and a hooded purple and gold Greenport mathematics sweatshirt at his arraignment before Judge William Price, who ordered him released on his own recognizance. He is expected to return to court Friday before Judge Rudolph Bruer.

Mr. Haas, who has at least two prior arrests, admitted to the owner of Founders Tavern on Main Road in Southold that he stole the cash after another patron reported it missing, according to a source familiar with the incident.​

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Greenport High teacher Gordon Haas arrested in theft at Southold restaurant, cops say

A Greenport High School teacher faces a larceny charge, accused of stealing $575 from a patron's wallet at a Southold restaurant, then dumping the wallet and the victim's iPhone in a toilet tank, Southold Town police said Tuesday. The victim had mistakenly left the two items in the restroom of the Founders Tavern restaurant and bar about 1 p.m. Saturday, and, shortly afterward, Gordon Haas confessed to the victim that he took the money, said Det. Sgt. John Sinning. Haas, 54, of East Marion, was arraigned Sunday on a charge of fourth-degree grand larceny, police said.

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Greenport math teacher returns to work after guilty plea

The Greenport High School math teacher who was arrested on a grand larceny charge in October for stealing more than $500 and an iPhone from another patron at a Southold restaurant returned to work this week. In a letter addressed to parents, Greenport Superintendent David Gamberg announced Gordon Haas, 54, of East Marion returned to his full-time teaching duties Monday.

He pleaded guilty in December to a lesser charge of misdemeanor petit larceny and is due back for sentencing on Feb. 28, according to records.

The longtime teacher was previously arrested in December 2007 on an aggravated DWI charge following an early evening incident in which he attempted to flee the scene on foot, according to a previous Suffolk Times article. He was also arrested on a DWI charge in January 1990 and later that month pleaded guilty to a driving while ability impaired charge, we reported at the time.

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