McDonald's Says Money Stolen From Safe

This information comes from Decatur police reports.

Decatur police are investigating the suspected theft of $1,530 cash from the safe at McDonald's in Decatur.

Officers went to McDonald's shortly before midnight May 3 when a customer reported a door to the restaurant was unlocked but nobody was working inside. When officers arrived they found the customer and two men there to clean the grease traps.

The manager was called and arrived. She told officers she got a call about 11 p.m. from the man responsible for closing who said he having trouble dropping the night deposit into the safe. A printed receipt showed that employee running totals at 10:59 p.m.

The manager checked the safe and compared numbers and money amounts to determine $1,530 in cash was missing from the safe. A video surveillence camera showed the man removing money from the safe at 11:13 p.m. and leaving the restaurant at 11:17 p.m.

No charges had been filed as of Monday. It's unknown if the employee returned to work.

About $694 in audio equipment was reported stolen from the Marriott Conference Center at 130 Clairemont Ave.

The complainant said he set up the equipment in a ballroom about 6:30 p.m. May 2 and arrived back at 6:15 a.m. May 3 to find it missing.

The equipment was descirbed as a ProFX 1G Audio Mixer worth $630 and a Whirlwind Direct Inbox Audio/Video Plug worth $64.

An employee of Our House Daycare at 711 Columbia Drive reported May 2 that $186 was stolen from her wallet.

The woman said she left her purse unattended in the employee kitchen at 8:30 a.m. and noticed about 9 a.m. that her wallet was sitting on top of the purse. She checked the walled and found the cash missing.