12/24/13 - A man has been sentenced after pleading guilty to stealing a charity collection jar for sick and injured children. 39-year-old Chad Lendon Stewart of Manitou Beach, Michigan pleaded guilty as charged to a four year felony of larceny in a building in Oakland County Circuit Court. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail yesterday, with credit for 46 already served. He must also serve 18 months of probation, during which he cannot reenter the gas station he robbed, drink alcohol, or go into bars. On November 1st, a store clerk at the Speedway gas station on South Milford Road reported the theft of a collection jar for the Childrenâs Miracle Network, which raises money for childrenâs hospitals and medical research. Milford Police say Stewart a history of larceny and may have been responsible for other donation jar thefts in the Livingston and Wayne County areas. The November incident for which he was charged happened just five days after a Childrenâs Miracle network jar was stolen from a different Speedway in Livingston County. (TD)
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