CLEARFIELD – A Clearfield man accused of stealing $500 cash from a carrier in a bank drive-up lane and attempting to pass a fraudulent check waived his right to a preliminary hearing Wednesday during Centralized Court at the Clearfield County Jail.
Randy Lynn Gillen Jr., 28, of Clearfield has been charged with theft of property lost, etc. by mistake and receiving stolen property. Gillen is currently incarcerated at the CCJ in lieu of $25,000 bail.
According to the affidavit of probable cause, a CNB Bank employee contacted Clearfield Borough police about the alleged theft of $500 cash from the drive-up lane located at the main branch on the corner of South Second and East Cherry streets.
The employee showed police surveillance video captured at the bank of the transaction. In the video from Jan. 29, police observed the alleged victim pass a $500 check at the drive-up lane at CNB Bank. An employee placed $500 in cash in an envelope and then into a carrier to transfer to the alleged victim.
The alleged victim removed the envelope from the carrier. However, the $500 in cash had fallen from it and was left inside the carrier. The alleged victim placed the carrier back into the pneumatic system and departed the drive-up lane without realizing the cash was missing from his envelope.
Gillen then drove up and removed the carrier from the pneumatic system. He allegedly noticed the $500 cash, which was still inside the carrier, and removed it. Gillen put the carrier back into the pneumatic system and scanned the area around him.
At that point, Gillen allegedly removed the carrier a second time and placed a fraudulent check and his identification into the carrier to pass to a bank employee. The check, police said, was for $1,980 and Gillen didn’t have money in his personal account for it to clear.
Gillen was advised the bank would have to hold the check. Gillen told the bank employee he didn’t want to wait and to return the check to him. When the check was returned to him, Gillen drove away.
Gillen proceeded to the CNB Bank on Industrial Park Road, Lawrence Township, and passed the same fraudulent check to an employee there. He was advised that the bank would have to hold the check for it to clear. This time Gillen drove off and left the check with the bank employee.