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Man Sentenced For Stealing 54,884 Gallons Of Diesel Fuel
July 30, 2012
A man accused of stealing 54,884 gallons of diesel fuel over a two year period from his employer has been sentenced.
Dennis Lawson pleaded no contest to a charge of grand theft for stealing the fuel, valued at an estimated $179,705. He was sentenced to three years probation, mandatory anti-theft counseling, 100 hours of community service and restitution.
Florida Rock and Tank Lines hired a private investigator after they noticed discrepancies and then turned their information over to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff’s investigators later observed Lawson pump two 55-gallon drums of diesel fuel that he transported to a self-storage unit to be sold at a lower cost to others.
Lawson was a 26-year employee of the company.
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5 Responses to “Man Sentenced For Stealing 54,884 Gallons Of Diesel Fuel”
@Hank, I don’t think he can be accused of being honest after taking that amount of fuel. True he may have worked for 26 years for the company that he stole from but I think his stealing problem is more related to the greedy side not the hard economics side. just saying there is no excuse for this kind of behavior. Either yoou are honest or your not very simople. There may have been a time he was honest and maybe just maybe greed changed that part of him.
Either way he will have some time to think it over and deal with his issues at this junction in his life.
See, 24 years of making a hard living and he turns into a thief, thats what a recession does to honest folks…….. its hard to make a living legally
After 24 years of making a honest living he wants to become a thief…Wow!!!
I’m pretty sure he has to pay restitution to Florida rock tank lines. But no jail time on a grand theft. It also make me wonder also.
If you don’t go to jail for stealing $180.000, what DOES it take?