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Authorities say restaurant employee stole food, equipment during COVID-19 shutdown

by DERRICK PERKINS
Daily Inter Lake | September 22, 2020 7:00 AM

A 25-year-old man faces a felony theft charge after authorities say he stole more than $2,000 in equipment and food from a restaurant closed during the height of the COVID-19* pandemic restrictions.

James Taft Watts is accused of making off with waffle irons, frying pans, corn dogs, waffle mix, a chest freezer and oatmeal, among other items, according to documents filed with Lincoln County District Court...

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