(La Porte, IN) - A man is accused of stealing a few thousand dollars in cash from a La Porte gas station.

 

Timothy Petersen is charged in La Porte Circuit Court with Level 6 felony theft.

 

Just over two months ago, authorities said Petersen was at the BP station in the 1300 block of Lincolnway and in an office with one of the employees when he took two days of receipts totaling more than $3,000.  The money in a leather bag was taken from a desk drawer before it could be deposited into the bank. 

 

Police said investigators were later contacted when representatives at the corporate office learned the money was never deposited.  Petersen could face an up to 30 month sentence.

 

He has since been released from the La Porte County Jail on $750 bond.