Denton Dollar General Manager Faces Charges

[EDITOR’S NOTE: The following article was taken from Douglas Now web site]
Tyler Reid Spell, the manager of the Dollar General store in Denton, has been arrested and charged with theft by taking after allegedly stealing over $40,000 in deposits from the store.
On Feb. 10, Jeff Davis County deputies and investigators were dispatched to the Dollar General store in Denton. Officers met with a loss prevention officer who had been contacted by the cash audit department of Dollar General. The information states that from Jan. 11-Feb. 9, no deposits were made to the bank from the store. The missing cash deposits were estimated to be over $40,000.
The loss prevention manager met with Spell to investigate this issue prior to officers arriving. According to the loss prevention manager, Spell admitted taking the deposits and she also provided a written statement confessing to taking around $40,000. Spell still had two of the deposits at her home and an additional cash deposit dated Feb. 9 was located in the safe waiting deposit.
Investigators recovered the two deposits from the residence totaling $2,234.61. The total amount missing was $42,515.06.