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The Reedsville man convicted in a lottery ticket theft case has been sentenced.
42-year-old Matthew Bucholz was found guilty due to no-contest pleas on charges of Theft of Movable Property, Fraud/Rendering Income Tax Return or Obtaining a Refund with Fraudulent Intent, and Theft by False Representation and was placed on probation for seven years by Judge Anthony Lambrecht.
Bucholz was arrested after it was discovered that he had stolen scratch-off tickets from his place of employment over a three-year span and cashed in the winnings.
He then failed to report those winnings on his tax return.
It is estimated that Bucholz stole over $300,000 worth of tickets over that period.
