STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A jury this week found a Staten Island man guilty of attempted retail theft, following an incident last summer when police said he attempted to leave a ShopRite with unpaid charcoal and ice.
The defendant, Dennis Gambino, 47, of Woodrose Lane in Prince’s Bay, was arrested June 5 in connection with the incident that police said unfolded inside 985 Richmond Ave. in Graniteville.
Gambino, who is scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 22 in Criminal Court, faces up to 90 days in jail. Going into trial, he was facing the possibility of a stiffer sentence, however, the jury acquitted him of petit larceny and criminal possession of stolen property…