Check out this article from today’s Carlisle Sentinel:

A former bookkeeper for a motorcycle dealership will be spending 23 months on probation for swindling about $21,000 from daily deposits at the business over a two-year span.

Barbara Jean Hoffman, 41, of Blain appeared before Judge J. Wesley Oler Jr. for her sentencing Tuesday morning after pleading guilty May 26 to theft by failing to make required disposition of funds received.

He sentenced Hoffman to 23 months of probation and to submit a DNA sample Tuesday.

The judge also ordered her to pay restitution of more than $21,000.

Hoffman was employed as a bookkeeper at Appalachian Harley Davidson in Silver Spring Township between 2008 and 2010, according to court documents. As the bookkeeper, Hoffman was responsible for making daily deposits for the business.

The owners of the business first became suspicious after noticing a check was not posted within their system in July 2010.

The owners then began to review the deposit tickets and compared them with the actual deposits listed on their bank statements and computer system, an affidavit says.

Noticing some inconsistencies within their books and records, the owners contacted their accountant to dig further.

The accountant’s deposit reconciliation for 2009 showed a total of $2,280.83 missing from Jan. 1 to July 9, 2010, the affidavit says.

In addition to that, the accountant noted that $9,640.46 in cash was not accounted for, the affidavit says.

Police contacted Hoffman on July 14, 2010, and she admitted to the thefts and gave a written confession, police said.

During further investigation, Senior Assistant District Attorney Christylee Peck said, Appalachian Harley Davidson had a forensic audit completed and discovered that the amount stolen was higher than originally suspected.