A 25-year-old convenience store employee has been charged with felony theft by taking after a Chatham County police investigation linked 18 transactions to more than $20,000 in unpaid diesel fuel.
Tiffany Jones was arrested Oct. 14 and booked into the Chatham County Detention Center, according to a community announcement from the Chatham County Police Department.
Police said the investigation found that more than 3,000 gallons of diesel fuel were pumped without being paid for between August and October at the Circle K in the 5500 block of Highway 21.
Police detail alleged cash-for-fuel transactions
Investigators identified 18 incidents in which an employee received between $100 and $500 in cash, pocketed the money and allowed the customer to leave without paying for the fuel at the pump, according
to the announcement.
Police said the unpaid fuel resulted in more than $20,000 in losses to the business.
The Chatham County Police Department said it is the lead investigative agency in the case and cautioned that information from other sources may not be accurate at this time.
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