How insiders in a Pennsylvania county turned public casino grant funds into private gains

Wednesday, April 15, 2026 8:40 PM
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  • Juliette Rihl and DaniRae Renno, PennLive

Dauphin County gave the company of a borough council president $40,000 to buy a luxury pickup truck after he applied for a gaming grant.

Brian Proctor, who at the time was one of the top officials in Steelton, said he needed the truck to make 12 produce deliveries to low-income residents living in subsidized housing.

Three years later, the 2020 RAM 1500 Limited with leather-trimmed seats, a 12-inch touchscreen display and a 5.7L V8 engine is regularly parked outside Proctor’s house in Hershey.

It’s unclear how many deliveries he made, because Proctor didn’t respond to questions and the person in charge of the housing units said she didn’t know.