Crime & Public Safety.
A Telford Borough man with three prior retail theft convictions has been charged with two felonies for allegedly stealing $36 in merchandise from Walmart in Hilltown Township.
Dominic Frank Votta, 73, of an apartment on the 100 block of East Lincoln Avenue, was charged by Hilltown Township Police Sept. 3 with felony retail theft by underringing merchandise and felony receiving stolen property, per court records.
Votta is free on $25,000 unsecured bail, according to court records. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Oct. 15 at 1:30 p.m. before Magisterial District Judge Regina Armitage.
On Sept. 3 at 4:29 p.m., police went to Walmart at 1515 Bethlehem Pike for a shoplifting report. An asset protection representative told police that an older white male in a white shirt and gray pants, later identified as Votta, left the store after underringing food and other merchandise, totaling $36.22, according to the complaint.
Votta, police said, yelled his name and date of birth to the asset protection associate before leaving the scene in a blue Nissan Altima.
When police arrived to Votta’s apartment, he was already being detained by other Hilltown officers and was taken into custody, police said.
All suspects and defendants are innocent until proven guilty. This story was compiled using public court records.
