Commonwealth v. Deer

DEL SOLE, Judge:

Appellant was convicted in a non-jury proceeding of one count of theft of services in violation of 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 3926. The charge was based upon the Commonwealth’s allegation that Appellant unlawfully obtained natural gas from the Equitable Gas Company at his place of business by means of an illegal tap. Following the imposition of sentence which ordered Appellant to serve a period of probation for three years and directed that he pay court costs and restitution in the amount of $11,000, he filed this appeal.

The challenges made on appeal are to the sufficiency of the evidence…