MEDIA COURTHOUSE — The former business supervisor for a local roofing company pleaded “no contest” Tuesday to a few crook lawsuits charging her with stealing more than $63,000 from her corporation.
Barbara Lewis, 37, of the four hundred blocks of Blythe Avenue within the Drexel Hill segment of Upper Darby, entered pleas to 3 charges of robbery by using illegal taking over three separate criminal complaints. Before entering the pleas, Assistant District Attorney Michael Flowers modified the grading on each charge from a legal of the 1/3 diploma to a misdemeanor of the first degree.
Lewis was arrested in 2016 following an investigation by Upper Darby police after the proprietor of Jim Miller Roofing contacted them approximately the suspected thefts. The agency was placed in Upper Darby at the time, however has because it has moved to Ardmore.
Miller was first tipped off in December 2014, whilst Lewis allegedly put $416 on an employer credit card. She later allegedly advised her boss she had accidentally used the card to do a little Christmas shopping.
But Miller checked into the organization’s debts in March 2015, whilst Lewis and her husband had been traveling in Mexico and located extra unauthorized purchases ranging between $2 and $ a month for at least a year, in step with police.
Miller faced Lewis over the cellphone after she back from vacation and fired her. He filed a report with the Upper Darby Police Department five days later. Upper Darby Police Officer Michael Pecko investigated and determined Lewis had stolen more than $ $50.
As an enterprise supervisor, Lewis became responsible for making ready the agency’s financial institution deposits, making bank deposits at financial institutions, and maintaining the organization’s books. She also had to get the right of entry to business enterprise credit cards.
One of the criminal lawsuits alleges Lewis cashed 21 assessments totaling more than $25,382 made out to Jim Miller Roofing and Jim Miller between January and March 2015. Many of the tests had been designed for a bank account to cover worker payroll tax.
