Most of the stories we tell in these pages are sorry tales of employers taking advantage of — that is, stealing from — employees. But in one recent case, the tables were turned: A worker allegedly stole from the boss, and got caught.

Richard K. Hissom had a job with Yellowstone County in Montana grading and maintaining roads. He was assigned a county pickup truck and road grader, and was supposed to report daily to his supervisor. But one day in April last year, another county employee driving past Hissom’s house saw the pickup and grader parked there during normal working hours. That worker reported the sighting to his supervisor.

The next day, Hissom reported in to his supervisor but said nothing about not working the previous day. Investigators claimed that he had lied about working on multiple road projects, and on several days when he did so, a GPS tracker on his county grader indicated it had not moved from Hissom’s residence.

Police detectives determined that Hissom was paid $6,935.08 for time that he did not work during a four-month period, and was charged with felony theft.

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