Stevenson pleads guilty to stealing from ATM
An employee with a bank servicing company faces two to four years behind bars for stealing money from automated teller machines across two states.
The defendant, Jeremy Eugene Stevenson entered a guilty plea in circuit court before Judge Bart Stanley on the charge of theft over $1,000 for the part of the crime he committed in McMinnville. He will be sentenced May 12 at which time the court will decide punishment for the Class D felony.
The incident in question happened on Sept. 25, 2002 as Stevenson was accompanying another employee during the servicing of an ATM at U.S. Bank located on North Chancery Street. The men worked for an ATM servicing business called Sebastian A. Abbott ATM Solutions.
Prosecutors say Stevenson stole $2,070 from a bag inside the utility truck while his partner was busy servicing the ATM. Restitution has already been made on the McMinnville theft.
The local crime was the lesser of the thefts committed by Stevenson, who hails from Kentucky. Prosecutors say Stevenson was convicted of a similar ATM theft in Kentucky during the course of his work with the ATM service firm, stealing over $9,000 from ATMs in that state. Stevenson was given a three-year probationary sentence in Kentucky for those crimes.
Stevenson was caught when auditors discovered deposits were coming up short at ATMs he was servicing. The discovery led to an internal investigation which ended with Stevenson’s arrest and prosecution.