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Thanks to tips from family members and others he knew, the lowlife who stole the 52″ flat screen TV from the Zablocki Veterans Center has been arrested.

The man charged Monday with stealing a wide-screen television from the veterans nursing home was turned in by several family members and co-workers, according to federal court documents.

Jeffry Polak, 44, a veteran who has been to the Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center for care, was identified by as many as five family members and three men he worked with, according to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court.

Dressed in Green Bay Packers slippers and shackled at the wrists and ankles, Polak made his first appearance on charges of felony theft of government property in connection with dressing up as a maintenance worker and carting out a 52-inch Samsung LCD set, valued at $3,600.

If convicted, Polak would face up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

The tips on Polak started rolling in shortly after details of the theft were published in the Journal Sentinel and surveillance video was released, according to the complaint.

Polak was arrested at his Bay View home by U.S. marshals at about noon Monday. He was released on a signature bond later in the day and is expected to be indicted by the grand jury next week, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan Koenig.

I agree with Koenig, who said:

Stealing from old people is pretty bad. Stealing from old veterans is reprehensible. He is a veteran and stealing from other veterans.

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