A Fayette County man who police said cleaned out his employer’s cash register after he quit his job — but left an IOU note for his boss — is charged with theft.
Matthew V. Cumberland, 26, of 50 W. Main St., Apt. 804, Uniontown, is charged by Uniontown Officer Thomas Kolencik with theft by unlawful taking.
In a report, Kolencik said Cumberland was working at Walgreen’s on West Main Street on Saturday evening when he decided to quit before the end of his shift. As he was leaving the store, he helped himself to $697 from the cash register — but left an IOU note, Kolencik said in his report.
“I quit this place,” Cumberland wrote on a pink Post-It note that a manager discovered on the cash register.
“This place is a joke anymore,” Kolencik said the note read. “‘Leave it to Weaver’ 2 days a week ... . P.S. IOU.”
Kolencik said the store’s video-surveillance cameras captured Cumberland removing the money from the register.
Charges were filed with Uniontown District Judge Michael Metros. Cumberland has not yet been arraigned.
haha I heard about that briefly last night at the bar. Supposedly there was a counterfeit money ring that was making money for the sole purpose of spending it at the fair. And the ringleader was a grandma.
haha I heard about that briefly last night at the bar. Supposedly there was a counterfeit money ring that was making money for the sole purpose of spending it at the fair. And the ringleader was a grandma.
It does make sense though. The county fair is probably the last place where an attendant is gonna pull out a counterfeit pen to check for fakes.
haha I heard about that briefly last night at the bar. Supposedly there was a counterfeit money ring that was making money for the sole purpose of spending it at the fair. And the ringleader was a grandma.
A Dunbar man who police said tried to use counterfeit money to buy a ticket to the Fayette County Fair instead earned himself admission to the county jail.
William Douglas Benson, 46, of 4 First Ave. is charged by state police at Uniontown with forgery, trademark counterfeiting and theft by deception.
In a criminal complaint, police said Benson tried to use counterfeit bills to buy $65 worth of tickets to the fair in Dunbar Township at 7:31 p.m. on Aug. 4.
A security officer detained Benson when a clerk who was working at the front gate discovered the fake money with a counterfeit-detector pen.
Police said they recovered 23 counterfeit $10 bills, 47 counterfeit $5 bills and 21 counterfeit $20 bills from Benson.
When questioned, Benson acknowledged he had manufactured the counterfeit bills, a criminal complaint alleges.
Benson was arraigned before North Union District Judge Wendy Dennis of North Union in the Fayette County Prison in lieu of $25,000 bond.
A preliminary hearing is tentatively scheduled for 10 a.m. Aug. 14 before Smock District Judge Dwight Shaner.
This year’s fair ran from July 26-Aug. 4 at the fairgrounds on Pechin Road. Cost for regular admission was $13.
and maybe I was wrong. Wouldn't have expected the fair to have counterfeiting pens on site.
A Point Marion man is behind bars after police say he assaulted his son and daughter-in-law after he was displeased with the way his Sunday evening meal had been prepared.
State police Trooper Marc Zeigler said George Thomas Rhome, 45, of 522 Morgantown Road was charged before Magisterial District Judge Joseph M. George Jr. with simple assault and harassment following the incident.
According to Zeigler, the incident occurred shortly after 10 p.m. when Rhome became angry that his son, Jason Jaggie, 28, and Jaggie's wife, Dorthea, 29, had not prepared chicken the way he wanted it.
Found this one crosslinked to another article. It's a year old but still seems applicable to this thread.
Police: Pa. ice cream truck driver attacked boss
Associated Press
June 2, 2011 - 8:04 AM
UNIONTOWN, Pa. - An ice cream truck driver is behind bars in southeastern Pennsylvania after he allegedly broke into his boss's home and attacked him with a baseball bat.
State police say 29-year-old Bernard Geisel had argued with the truck's owner over money before using the bat to smash his way into the man's Uniontown home late Tuesday.
Investigators say the victim, George Swaney, was able to wrestle the bat away from Geisel and pin him down until police arrived.
Geisel was arraigned Tuesday on charges including burglary and simple assault. He is being held at Fayette County Prison on $25,000 bail.
Last week, Geisel and another ice cream truck driver were given verbal warnings by Uniontown police after an altercation.
Uniontown is about 40 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.
Criminal charges against a Fayette County man accused of assaulting his son and daughter-in-law when he was served chicken that was baked instead of fried were dismissed Thursday when the victims declined to testify.
State police charged George Thomas Rhome, 45, of Morgantown Street, Point Marion, with two counts each of simple assault and harassment.
The son and daughter-in-law told police that an argument over the meal turned physical about 10:15 p.m. Aug. 26.
Charges were dismissed Thursday when the victims declined to testify during a preliminary hearing before Masontown District Judge Randy Abraham.
not at all, if the fight happened around 10:15pm, then that says to me they obviously had a long drawn out sophisticated conversation about baked vs fried. After the long, smart and well thought out discussions went south, the next logical step in the process would be assault.
