Fast food employee accused of stealing customer credit cards, going on $2,000 spending spree

Lang
5/9/21

An Iowa City fast food employee faces charges that he stole customer credit cards and used them to go on a $2,000 spending spree.

58-year-old Kennard Partee, who lives on Boston Way in Coralville, is accused of taking customer credit cards while he was working at the Iowa City Wendy’s on 1^st Avenue between December 14^th and December 19^th. One card was used to make almost $1,300 in purchases throughout Iowa City and Coralville. Another card was used to make over $800 in purchases.

A backpack seen in multiple surveillance videos was found inside Partee’s apartment. He also allegedly identified himself in a security video where he is seen using one of the stolen credit cards.

Partee was booked into the Johnson County Jail just before 3:15 Sunday morning. He faces two counts each of 3^rd Degree Theft and Unauthorized Use of a Credit Card. If convicted on all charges, Partee faces a maximum of eight years in prison.