Former Controller For Camden Yards Concessionaire Sentenced For Stealing From Safe

A man who used to oversee financial transactions for the concessionaire at Oriole Park at Camden Yards is going to federal prison after he admitted to stealing over $230,000 in company funds, prosecutors say.

John Calvin Baltimore, 37, of Clinton was sentenced Wednesday to 30 months in prison and three years of probation on an earlier guilty play of wire fraud. U.S. District Judge Marvin J. Garbis also ordered him to pay restitution for the full amount stolen.

Baltimore worked as the controller for Delaware North Companies, who run the food, beverage and retail sales at Camden Yards. He oversaw transactions in the accounting office, including managing a large cash safe. His thefts were discovered in September of 2014, when an employee filed an internal complaint that led to Baltimore's suspension. The company conducted an audit of the sale that led them to find $14,700 in cash unaccounted for.

Investigation found that in his three years as controller, Baltimore stole more than $230,000 in cash. The thefts went undiscovered because he deposited checks meant for other accounts into the account that funded the cash safe. Those checks were then covered up by falsified journal entries that "wrote off" the receivables, all approved by Baltimore. He mis-deposited 28 checks in 16 separate deposits to the tune of $239,609.56, the same amount taken from the safe.