(La Porte County, IN) - A La Porte County gas station employee has been accused of taking money from a cash register and trying to cover it up.

Daniel Baer is charged in La Porte Circuit Court with Level 6 felony theft. According to court documents, Baer rang up merchandise then after receiving cash payments made change with customers. He then voided the transactions to try and conceal the transactions and pocketed the cash, police said.

Authorities said the Michigan City man was an assistant-manager at the Speedway station on U.S. 421, just south of Interstate 94 where he is formally accused of taking nearly $250 during three separate transactions in September. Baer is also under investigation for potential losses to the gas station of more $2,200 during about 230 other voided transactions in a two month period.