(Stillwater, Okla.) – A former Bank of Cushing teller, who was originally charged with felony embezzlement of $1,030 from the Main Street branch in December 2014, has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of misdemeanor embezzlement for which she was placed on one year’s probation last week, court records showed today.
Hannah Lorain Mincks, 26, who now lives in Sand Springs, paid restitution in full before the felony charge was dismissed and re-filed as a misdemeanor by the prosecution on Oct. 8, court records show.
Mincks was fined $100 by Special District Judge Robert Hert, who ordered her to pay the cost of her incarceration.
Mincks had been held in the Payne County Jail from Jan. 16 when she was arrested in Tulsa until March 2 when she waived her right to a preliminary hearing and was freed on a personal recognizance bond.
Cushing Police Officer Bill McCarty was advised on Dec. 17, 2014, “a surprise audit was conducted on the cash drawer of Hannah Lorain Mincks, who works for the Bank of Cushing eastside branch,” according to his affidavit.
The audit showed that Mincks’ cash drawer was short $630 and two bundles of $50 bills were short $200 each, the affidavit said.
“Mincks showed that she had balanced out every day,” according to a Bank of Cushing employee, the affidavit said.
Mincks was the vault teller for the previous six months, the affidavit said.
“Due to other shortages at the bank, it would be hard to determine when Hannah started embezzling the money,” the Cushing police officer was advised by a bank official, according to his affidavit.
When the Cushing officer interviewed Mincks on Dec. 18, 2014, “Hannah stated that she fell on hard times and took the money from the bank,” the affidavit said.
Mincks “stated that the only money she took was the $1,030,” the affidavit said.
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