Friday, January 21, 2000
Man wanted in theft case held in S.C.
BY WALT SCHAEFER
The Cincinnati Enquirer
COLERAIN TOWNSHIP — Mike Sloan, 31, formerly of Hollow Wood Circle, Loveland, and wanted since he was indicted by a Hamilton County grand jury on theft charges in November, was arrested Thursday morning at a home he owns on Pawleys Island, S.C.
Mr. Sloan was one of three Rumpke Waste Inc. employees accused in a billing scam that involved theft of about $300,000 from the company. An estimated $220,000 was recovered, officials said.
Steve Barnett, Hamilton County sheriff's spokesman, said Mr. Sloan, former parts manager for Rumpke Inc., was arrested by the Georgetown County, S.C., Sheriff's Department on a Hamilton County felony theft warrant. He has agreed to extradition and will be returned to Hamilton County within 10 days, Mr. Barnett said.
Bill Nichols, public information officer for Georgetown County Sheriff A. Lane Cribb, said deputies there stopped Mr. Sloan on a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol on New Year's Eve, and a subsequent investigation led authorities to discover the Ohio warrant and Mr. Sloan's South Carolina residence, south of Myrtle Beach.
The two other men accused in the scam have been convicted of aggravated felony theft. Jeffrey Gardner, 26, of Chippenham Court, Colerain Township, pleaded guilty last month and was sentenced to a year in jail and probation. Dale H. Bost, 31, of North Turtle Creek Drive, Fairfield, was placed on probation and ordered to perform community service, Mr. Barnett said.
The three men claimed they were delivering mechanical parts to Rumpke. “In fact, there were no parts being supplied,” and the company they claimed was supplying parts no longer existed, Mr. Barnett said .
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