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Read comments (5)On March 8, Officer Melvin Taber filed a probable cause statement that stated he believed Hall committed one or more offenses on or around Oct. 30, 2007, to March 8, 2008, at Break Time in Sweet Springs.
City Clerk Ronda Nienhueser brought the gasoline bills the city received from Break Time for the fire department to the attention of Sweet Springs Fire Chief Todd Anderson, said Police Chief Richard "Dick" Downing.
"Bills kept coming in for the fire department for gas," Downing said. "Everything basically is running off of diesel."
On Oct. 30, 2007, 20-year-old Hall allegedly began using a credit card that belonged to the City of Sweet Springs to purchase gasoline for his personal use.
This happened several times over the last few months totaling over $800 in purchases of unleaded fuel from the same Break Time store after hours using the credit card at the pump, where he did not have to sign for it, the probable cause statement said.
Hall's vehicle is on film obtaining gasoline at the same time the card was used at the same store numerous times.
"That basically shows the whole thing right there," Downing said.
According to the probable cause statement, after Hall was read his Miranda warning on March 8, he confessed to purchasing gasoline with the card.
After being arrested on Saturday, March 8, he was taken to Saline County Justice Facility where he was held for 24 hours.
The prosecuting attorney's office and several other factors had played into charges not being filed yet, so he was released, according to Downing.
A warrant was issued on Friday, March 14, and Hall was arrested and brought to the Sweet Springs Police station, where he posted his bond of $4,500.
Hall appeared in court on Wednesday, April 2, for his arraignment hearing.
He was arraigned and fully advised of the range of punishment and his rights. Hall is being charged with a class D felony of fraudulent use of credit/debt device with a value of $500 or more.
The case was continued to Wednesday, April 23, at 9 a.m.
Contact Rachel Harper at marshallcity@socket.net
Blood alcohol content of 0.000 last time I checked, that wasn't drunk.
atleast he wasnt drunk driving and hitting people
allegedly... I mean.
My concern is how this went undetected for so long. Does the city clerk not go through bills every month and match them up with tickets? It'd seem to me something would seem out of whack the first month and he wouldn't have gotten by with it for so long.
He may be a great fire fighter, but he apparently has little,if any,common sense. A person of this age is "usually" more aware of technology; meaning he should have known it was just amatter of time until he got busted.