A gas station employee inHialeah was arrested for allegedly stealing more than 2,000 scratch-offslottery valued at more than 53 thousand dollars.
Therobberies They took place between January 28 and March 31 of this year, although the subject - identified asCosme Calderon- He was not arrested until August 1.
The arrest report - cited by thelocal press- assures that Calderón wascaught on a security camera 18 times in the aforementioned period of time scanning tickets at the store's cash register, while another store employee went to the bathroom.
On April 11, the business owner made a report about an employee who had stolen more than 30 books with lottery tickets valued at more than $50,000.
On May 12, the victim identified Calderón as the employee who had stolen $53,700 in lottery tickets.
The report does not indicate whether any of the tickets were a significant winner or whether the defendant cashed any.
The gas station owner said Calderon was never supposed to have access to lottery tickets and was only supposed to clean the business and work the cash register area only if necessary.
The theft was reported at the station located at 2230 West 68th Street in the city.
Calderón, who also resides in Hialeah, was admitted to the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center (TGK) this Tuesday, the same day he turned 44 years old. He was held on $90,000 bail for 18 counts of grand theft.
Local 10 He specified that Cosme Calderón is of Salvadoran origin.
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