Gas Station Employee Accused of Lottery Ticket Theft
Jacob Daniel Russ, of Palmer Township, has been charged with taking $600 in lottery tickets from the Bethlehem Township Hess Express where he works.
A 19-year-old employee of a Bethlehem Township gas station/convenience store has been charged with taking $600 in lottery tickets and $185 in cash from his employer. The alleged actions of Jacob Daniel Russ, of the 3200 block of Freemansburg Avenue, Palmer Township, were captured on surveillance video, court records say. The manager of the Hess Express at 3283 Easton Ave. told police the video shows Russ, a cashier at the store, removing the money from a “tac safe” around 9:40am Dec. 29. The “tac safe” stores a small amount of cash and coins under the cash registers in case cashiers need them, according to a criminal complaint filed by Bethlehem Township Patrolman Shaun Powell. The manager, who met with Powell on Friday, Jan. 4, said …
