A service manager at Action Gator Tire on County Road 466 in Oxford has been arrested on a theft charge.
Joseph Michael McRobbie, 50, of Fruitland Park, was taken into custody Thursday at the tire service center. The New Jersey native is accused of defrauding a different tire store in The Villages of $1,422, according to an arrest report from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office.
An investigation revealed that McRobbie would create repair orders for customers’ cars and then deleted the items for the orders leaving a zero balance on the receipt. The customers paid in cash and McRobbie kept the money for himself, the report said.
The theft took place earlier this summer at a different tire store. McRobbie was arrested at Action Gator Tire, where he was a relatively new manager.
He was taken into custody and booked at the Sumter County Detention Center. He was released after posting $4,000 bond.