A former employee of the Worcester County Liquor Control Board was sentenced last week to 18 months in jail for stealing from one of the board’s Liquor Marts.
Crystal Dawn Dennis, 26, of Chesapeake, Va., worked at the Liquor Mart on 18th Street in Ocean City in 2010. During the month of April 2010, Dennis closed the store at the end of the day. Deposit slips written out in her handwriting were filed with the store’s paperwork, but the deposits never made it to the bank.
According to a court document, Brian Sturgeon, executive director of the Liquor Control Board, said that on April 3, there was a deposit slip for $962.56 and another one for $272.62, but the deposits were not made into the bank. On April 8, there was a deposit slip for $400.83, but no deposit was made into the bank.
When Sturgeon confronted Dennis, she came up with different excuses about why the money was not deposited in the bank.
In Circuit Court in Snow Hill on June 7, Dennis entered an Alford plea to being involved in a theft scheme. An Alford plea means the defendant concedes the state has sufficient evidence for a conviction, but maintains their innocence. It is regarded as a guilty plea.
Dennis was sentenced to 18 months in jail, with all but one month suspended. After her release from jail, she will be on supervised probation for three years, must pay a $500 fine and perform 40 hours of community service. She must also make restitution of $2,307.66 to the new Worcester County Department of Liquor Control.
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