Thursday, March 20, 2008

Linens & Things Employee Charged With Grand Theft

A cashier at a North Naples Linens & Things was arrested Wednesday after deputies say she made fraudulent refunds and then pocketed the cash.

Evangelina Guadalupe Sierra, 36, of Fort Myers was charged with grand theft of $300 to $5,000.

The thefts were reported by Linens & Things, 1000 Immokalee Road.

Reports say Sierra kept customer receipts after they paid cash for merchandise and then processed the receipts for a cash refund, taking the money from store registers and then keeping the cash.

Store officials learned of the thefts after a customer came to the store seeking a cash refund. As the refund was being processed, it was discovered that it had already been processed at an earlier date by Sierra.