10/16/2026
⛽ 💵 We've made an arrest in a "free gas for under-the-table cash scheme."
🚔 Chatham County Police Department officers arrested 25-year-old Tiffany Jones on Wednesday and charged her with felony theft by taking. Jones was booked into the Chatham County Detention Center.
💰The Chatham County Police Department investigation found that between August and October of this year, more than three thousand gallons of diesel fuel was pumped without being paid for – amounting to more than $20,000 in losses to the business. The investigation found eighteen incidents where an employee was paid between $100 and $500 in cash that they pocketed, and then allowed the customer to forgo paying at the pump. The incidents happened at the Circle K located in the 5500 block of Highway 21.
🔎 The Chatham County Police Department is the lead investigative agency in this case, and any information from another source may not be accurate at this time.