California Man Facing Multiple Theft Charges

June 28, 2024 2:12 am

(WPXI) – A Washington County man is facing charges after he allegedly stole over $130,000 from a club’s game of chance machines. Timothy Hoffman, 63, from California, is charged with several theft by deception charges. According to the criminal complaint, officers were called to a report of a theft at the Young Men’s Club. Club officers told police that Hoffman, who was a member, was in charge of removing the money from the machines and was shorting them. Court documents said Hoffman reportedly stole $53,037 in 2021, $32,329 in 2022, $41,785 in 2023 and $5,898 for one month in 2024. There is a report that before Hoffman was dismissed from his duties, he took $188,249. Of that total, he was to give the club $55,200, meaning he profited $133,249.