A Taylorville woman is under arrest after admitting to stealing from the Lake Marina office in Taylorville. 62-year-old Robin Sheets of Taylorville was arrested for theft after a thorough investigation of missing revenue from the Marina. In late June, the City of Taylorville’s auditor noticed that the Lake Marina’s office revenue was down close to $25,000 from previous years. The Taylorville Police led by Chief Dwayne Wheeler and Deputy Chief Vince Childers started an investigation.

On July 2nd, Taylorville Police sent an undercover police officer to the Marina to purchase passes for cash. Taylorville Police through the investigation learned that that money was never turned in.  Taylorville Mayor Bruce Barry upon learning of this asked to press charges. Sheets self-admitted that she had taken between $10-20,000 dollars from cash sales at the Marina. 

Sheets was arrested for theft and processed. Mayor Barry says he is proud of the Police for their quick and thorough work on this investigation.

Mrs. Sheets started working the summer of 2018 and worked alone starting in 2019. Chief Wheeler said in a statement, that they learned about this in late June and were able to take action and solve the case quickly.