Just a few days after former Santa Clara County Supervisor George Shirakawa Jr. surrendered to authorities for using public funds to feed his gambling addiction, he could be found in a familiar place.
That would be Thunder Valley Casino near Sacramento where he was gambling, according to the San Jose Mercury News.
County Supervisor Resigns, Admits Depression, Addiction
Shirakawa, 51, pleaded guilty to 12 criminal counts and admitted being a gambling addict -- an addiction that led to him using $130,000 of campaign cash as well as public dollars in casinos and golf courses, the newspaper reported.
Former Santa Clara County Supervisor Pleads Guilty
He was arrested March 1; on March 4 he lost $200 but was comped a $111.50 dinner at Thunder Valley's High Steaks eatery, the newspaper reported.
Shirakawa is set to be sentenced for his earlier pleas on April 30.
Shirakawa admitted as early as 1995 in public that he had "the fever,"; i.e. a gambling addiction, the newspaper reported.
Prosecutors have asked for a year in jail for the ex-politician.
He declined to comment to the newspaper on his most-recent game of chance.
