PARIS – A Mexico man has been indicted on a charge of stealing money from an Irving gas station last October.
On Tuesday, an Oxford County grand jury in Paris indicted Christopher A. Lill, 33, on charges of theft by unauthorized taking and violating conditions of release.
According to the indictment, Lill is charged with stealing more than $1,000 between Sept. 3 and Oct. 19 at the Mexico station.
Additionally, the document stated that after having been granted bail on condition that he not commit new criminal conduct, Lill allegedly violated that condition on Oct. 16 in Mexico.
Oxford County Superior Court Clerk Donna Howe said Wednesday afternoon that Lill was back in jail after failing to post either $1,000 cash or $10,000 real estate bail.
He is to be arraigned in January, she said.
Lill was initially arrested by Mexico Patrolman Michael Richard on Oct. 19 after an investigation into the theft of $4,665 from Sept. 3 through Oct. 19.
During this time, Lill was employed at the station.
Mexico Police Chief Jim Theriault said on Oct. 21 that the patrolman received a report from the Irving manager that the station was losing money daily and that the manager suspected Lill as the culprit.
Richard’s investigation revealed that Lill was “double-swiping credit cards, fraudulently signing the credit receipts, then taking cash out of the register,” Theriault said.
Richard charged Lill with 28 counts of forgery, 28 counts of felony theft, misdemeanor theft and violation of bail granted from a previous arrest by state police on a charge of felony burglary on July 25.
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