Crime & Safety
Market District Employee Charged With Felony for Stealing $1K
The following information was provided by the Solon Police Department. An arrest does not mean a conviction.
On Sept. 16 at around 3:30 p.m. Solon Police responded to Giant Eagle Market District/Giant Eagle after a theft by an employee was reported.
The manager said a store clerk, Preston Chandler, of Shaker Heights, started authorizing refunds to his personal U.S. Bank Visa card on Sept. 9. Chandler was able to make the authorizations using a “change tender” button on the cash register, according to the police report.
Chandler made 12 transactions between Sept. 9 and Sept. 16 for about $1,020.
Police said Chandler’s register was short $915 during the same time period.
Chandler was arrested for theft, a fifth-degree felony.
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