-- Smokin' Joe's Bar-B-Q in Olathe, Kansas owner - charged with identity theft&more
 

Not sure the interest - didn't see a thread. Posting more out of concern than this being a stimulating article.



Olathe barbeque owner ordered to trial for spending spree with customer’s credit card

BY TONY RIZZO

trizzo@kcstar.com

July 30, 2018 02:52 PM


The owner of a longtime Olathe barbeque restaurant was ordered Monday to stand trial for multiple financial crimes including misuse of a customer’s credit card.

Matthew R. Sander, owner of Smokin’ Joe’s Bar-B-Q, waived his right to a preliminary hearing in Johnson County District Court, where he is facing 24 felony and misdemeanor charges.

A judge then bound Sander over for trial, and Sander’s lawyer entered not guilty pleas on his behalf.

Sander, 54, is charged in four separate cases with 10 counts of identity theft, four counts of criminal use of a credit card, two counts of felony theft and eight counts of misdemeanor theft.


Most of the charges stem from an incident in late January when a customer left a credit card behind after dining at the restaurant.

The customer called the restaurant the next day and was told the credit card had not been found. He then canceled the card.

But when he received his next statement, he found that more than $7,300 in charges had been racked up on it before the cancellation. Those included $859 spent at a liquor store, $2,134 at Bed Bath & Beyond, $1,575 at Kohl’s, $936 at Academy Sports, $999 at The Home Depot and $322 at Garozzo’s restaurant.

According to court documents, Olathe police detectives went to the businesses where the card had been used and obtained surveillance video that allegedly showed Sander.

Sander is scheduled back in court on Sept. 26.

Source URL - https://www.kansascity.com/news/loca...215759505.html

WTF was he thinking? How can you be smart enough to run a business but dumb enough to do this?

Holy shit - sorry guys - this has been posted - a friend sent me this - I looked and couldn't find it - just did - my bad on reposting this.

Oh, crap. I think my wife framed him

I don't see another thread on this anywhere

ROFL

the event happened many months ago - this article is fairly recent so I didn't do my intensified google+chiefsplanet search (thinking it occurred more recently)

http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=314548

That's funny that you called Q on yourself. LMAO I saw the thread and remembered the old one. I opened it trying to figure out if it was the same story or not. You confirmed it right away. But it's good. That story was a while back. Easy mistake to make.

Jingle Q
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Oh what fun
It is to write
A repost on this day
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Joe's probably smokin' more than BBQ meats

Thank you for bringing everyone up to speed! Very nice that you did that. Well done brahdah!

Hey, why don't you go tweet about Brashard Bree-land?
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