Hunter
10/12/22
An Iowa City man was arrested on a warrant stemming from alleged loading of cash onto his re-loadable card without paying for it while at his place of employment.
According to police the incident occurred Tuesday October 4th. 36-year-old James Carey of Lincoln Avenue was at the Casey’s store on North Dubuque Street that morning and was captured on security cameras. While working, he allegedly used his Green Dot reloadable card on four occasions, loading over $1400 onto the card without putting any money into the register or using another card to pay for it.
Carey claimed that he was helping a customer, but the security cameras reportedly don’t show anyone near the registers when the transactions took place.
A warrant was issued for Carey’s arrest, and he was charged Monday night with 3rd degree Theft, an aggravated misdemeanor punishable by a jail sentence of up to two years if convicted.