A Solon man and gas station worker has been arrested for creating his own Keno tickets.
Investigators said surveillance cameras inside the Sheetz on Cochran Road captured video of 32 year old Joshua Melvin Hartley, a Sheetz employee, creating and printing a large number of Keno tickets for himself at the store’s lottery kiosk. Police allege Hartley knew how to access the terminal without paying.
When questioned by police, Hartley eventually admitted that he had illegally accessed the lottery machine at Sheetz numerous times over a period of two months. The audit revealed that the total value of the Keno tickets generated by Hartley was $17,000. Hartley said he used the money to pay his bills.
Police report that when Hartley was arrested he was carrying over 1900 dollars in cash. The money was seized by officers in anticipation of it being returned to Sheetz through a court ordered forfeiture.