Employee Theft

Here are some news about theft that might make you wonder how far shoplifters go to steal from your store and your business. Follow the links below to read more about these stories.

Pizza employee charged with theft

ESCANABA – A 52-year-old Escanaba woman – accused of embezzling from a local pizza business – has been bound over from Delta County District Court to circuit court where she may make a plea or schedule a trial.

Former newspaper employee pleads guilty to felony theft

A former Tribune-Herald employee pleaded guilty Monday to charges related to accusations that she stole more than $100,000 from the newspaper’s former owners.

Sylvia Susan Ancira, 52, a 16-year newspaper employee, is a former circulation accounting clerk. She was fired in July 2011 after a company audit revealed she stole $104,153 from July 2009 to July 2011.

Ancira’s attorney, David Bass, said Ancira disputes the audit figure.

He said the actual restitution amount will be determined by a presentencing report.

In a plea bargain Monday, prosecutors allowed Ancira to plead guilty to third-degree felony theft instead of a second-degree felony.

The third-degree felony alleges Ancira stole more than $20,000 but less than $100,000.

Prosecutors recommended she be placed on probation.

Ancira sold her home to help make restitution to Robinson Media Co., which sold the Tribune-Herald to Berkshire-Hathaway in June 2012.

Police have beef with shoplifting suspect

PORTLAND, Ore. — Police have a beef with a man they say stole meat worth $2,700 from three Safeway stores in Portland, Oregon.

Police say 53-year-old Barry T. Sanders was caught on video hiding meat in a shopping cart at least 13 times in July and August, then leaving the grocery stores without paying.

KOIN reports (http://bit.ly/1vhdtBU) Sanders was arraigned Tuesday on theft charges in Multnomah County Circuit Court. He didn’t enter a plea and will be assigned a lawyer on Wednesday.
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