From staff reports
An Oil City man is facing charges that accuse him of stealing more than $15,700 in cash and goods from his employer between May and July.
Oil City police said in a criminal complaint that Jacob Howard, 21, and a male juvenile, who both were employed at the North Side Country Fair in Oil City, worked together to steal about $15,724 in cash and goods from the store.
On other occasions, when Howard and the juvenile were working, one of them would obtain merchandise and pretend to pay for it while the other would ring it up at the cash register and then void the transaction, the juvenile told police, the complaint said.
Howard has been charged with felony counts of criminal conspiracy engaging-theft by unlawful taking of movable property, theft by unlawful taking of movable property, and theft by deception-false impression.
He was arraigned Monday, and his preliminary hearing is scheduled for Dec. 8 in Venango County Central Court.
