Photo: Shawn Backowski
The former asset protection manager at the Mountain Home Walmart, accused of stealing thousands of dollars from the company, entered a guilty plea to the charges against him during a session of Baxter County Circuit Court Thursday.
Thirty-one-year-old Shawn Backowski of Mountain Home was sentenced to 10 years probation. The court was told he has already paid $8,000 of the slightly more than $14,000 in restitution owed.
Backowski was arrested after a corporate representative brought evidence of his alleged thefts to the Mountain Home Police Department.
Backowski was reported to have gone to the store’s cash office, where he entered false transactions in a computer enabling him to obtain money.
According to the probable cause affidavit, Backowski was monitored during a several-month period, as he made the false transactions.
Emily Reed represented Backowski.
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