(La Porte, IN) - An initial hearing was held Wednesday in La Porte Circuit Court for a man accused of taking a large sum of money from a gas station.

 

 

 

Timothy Petersen, 42, of La Porte is charged with Level 6 felony theft.  Police said Petersen in late January was in an office with an employee at the BP station at Lincolnway and Tyler St. in La Porte.  He allegedly removed a leather bag containing over $3,000 in cash from a desk drawer before the two days' worth of receipts could be deposited into the bank.

 

Police said investigators were later contacted when representatives at the corporate office learned the money was never placed into the account.

 

Petersen, who is out of the La Porte County Jail on $750 bond, appeared for the hearing with his public defender.  The next hearing in the case was scheduled for June 24.