Three Nesquehoning residents who stole hundreds of DVDs from rental stations in three Carbon County communities entered guilty pleas on Thursday in the county court.

George McIntosh, 42, and his wife, Tabitha Lynn McIntosh, 36, and Susan A. Binder, 58, all entered pleas to three counts each of criminal conspiracy - theft. All were charged with counts of theft, receiving stolen property and conspiracy.

Police said the trio rented movies from supermarket kiosks using debit cards or gift cards that had small amounts of value. They then would not return the DVDS and the vendor, New Line Video, could not charge any late fees because the cards used to rent the DVDs had no more credit.

The investigation began in Jim Thorpe where Detective Lee Marzen was notified of the theft at the Jim Thorpe Market. Through his investigation he learned the three did similar acts at kiosks at Convenient Food Mart in Palmerton and Redner’s Market in Nesquehoning.

The police in the three communities combined their investigation, which led to a search warrant at the McIntosh residence. Found in the home were hundreds of DVDs.

Police recovered more than 300 DVDs from the suspects, and another 100 are unaccounted for.

All three admitted to detectives that they participated in the scheme.

In a plea bargain with the district attorney’s office, the commonwealth agreed to have the three plead to the three criminal counts in exchange for the remaining charges being dropped. Also, that the three make full restitution to the victim no later than March 10. If that part of the deal was completed, then the DA would not object to a probationary sentence for each. George McIntosh faced 25 counts of theft and related charges, while Tabitha McIntosh and Binder each faced 32 counts.

It was noted that the McIntoshes paid $9,243.20 to the victim on March 10 and Binder paid $3,146.50 the same day.

Judge Steven R. Serfass accepted the pleas and the plea agreement. He placed the three on probation for a total of three years and ordered each to supply a DNA sample, render a total of 150 hours of community service, pay court costs of about $1,000 and pay a $50 monthly supervision fee while on probation.

George McIntosh told the court, “I made a stupid mistake.” His wife and Binder both said they were embarrassed by what they did.