Montgomery Township Police. Photo by James Short.
A Hatboro man is facing felony charges of theft and receiving stolen property after allegedly walking out of a Montgomery Township electronics store with nearly $1,900 in high-end merchandise — twice in one night.
Jason M. Voytko, 38, of the 600 block of Delft Lane, was charged this week with felony retail theft following an investigation by Montgomery Township Police into a reported June 11 theft at the Best Buy store on Bethlehem Pike.
According to the criminal complaint, store surveillance footage showed a man — later identified as Voytko — entering the store around 6:58 p.m. and placing a KitchenAid Artisan mixer and a 27-inch LG monitor into a shopping cart. Police said Voytko exited the store four minutes later without paying for the items and loaded them into a black 2005 Acura TL.
But the theft did not end there.
Police said Voytko then returned the cart to the store, re-entered around 7:05 p.m., and selected a second KitchenAid mixer and another LG monitor. Once again, he exited the store without paying and loaded the items into the same vehicle before leaving the parking lot, according to the complaint.
The total value of the stolen items was $1,899.96, police said.
Montgomery Township Police were contacted about the theft on June 23 after a store employee discovered the incident during a review of surveillance footage. The merchandise had not been recovered as of the filing of the complaint.
A summons was issued to Voytko on July 2. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Aug. 19 at 1:45 p.m. before Magisterial District Judge Andrea Duffy
All suspects and defendants are innocent until proven guilty. This story was compiled using public court records.
