CLEARFIELD – A Philipsburg woman accused of stealing from her employer pleaded guilty recently in Clearfield County Court.
Darcie Sue Womer, 26, 111 Stewart Ln., Philipsburg, pleaded guilty before Judge Paul E. Cherry to felony counts of forgery and theft by unlawful taking.
She was sentenced to 10 months to three years in state prison, according to court documents. She must pay over $3,100 in restitution.
The charges stem from incidents while she was employed at the Auto Zone in Philipsburg.
According to the affidavit of probable cause, on July 9 an employee told police that there was a large sum of money missing in the last few weeks. He had looked at reports that showed Womer had completed many returns to numerous people but many of these returns did not have a customer signature. Instead these returns had x’s.
When another employee spoke with her, Womer admitted to taking parts from their inventory, scanning them, and using the name of a prior customer to complete a return transaction. She either forged a signature, wrote a line or an x on the forms, she said. She kept the money and then returned the part to the store’s inventory. These transactions totaled $3,163.62.
During an interview with a police officer, Womer stated that she felt pressured into doing the returns because she was low on money and wanted to help her family. She started making these fraudulent transactions on June 27, she admitted.
