Boston Coll. Convictions

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BC gambling probe ends with convictions of 6

By Ellen O'Brien, Globe Staff

The investigation into betting and gambling on the Boston College
campus has ended with the convictions of six men who were ordered to
perform community service, pay thousands in criminal fines and, in one
case, serve four months in prison.

Middlesex District Attorney Thomas F. Reilly 's office prosecuted the
case, which focused on college students betting on professional games,
and brought national attention one year ago to the issue of gambling on
campus. Six men were eventually indicted on a total of 63 charges in the
scandal.

Eric DellAquila and James Potter, both New York residents, were
alleged by prosecutors to have organized campus bookmaking operations at
BC and Bentley College.

In October, DellAquila was fined $2,000 for using a phone for
gambling purposes; Potter, who faced 21 criminal indictments, was fined
$10,000 and ordered to serve a mandatory four months of a two-year
prison sentence.

In November, four others were convicted of charges connected to the
investigation, including using a phone for gaming purposes: Jason
Loomis, 27, of Boston; Michael P. Rymsha, 24, of Waltham; Timothy J.
Doheny, 26, of Newton; and Stanley DeMartinis, 24, of Lynnfield. All
were fined between $2,000 and $5,000, and ordered to perform community
service. Those convictions brought an end to the district attorney's
probe.

It was January 1997 when Boston College officials suspended eight
student bookmakers from campus, telling them they could not return.
Three football players were also suspended for a year.

None of those students faced criminal charges.