State v. Betley

MARY EILEEN KILBANE, P.J.:

{¶ 1} Defendant-appellant, Bret M. Betley ("Betley"), 1 brings this appeal, challenging the trial court's restitution order resulting from his convictions for misuse of a credit card, theft, and petty theft. For the reasons set forth below, we reverse and remand.

{¶ 2} In January 2017, Betley's 75-old grandfather ("Grandfather") reported the unauthorized use of his credit cards to the Independence Police Department. Grandfather reported that someone had used his credit cards without his authorization at various local stores in September 2016 through December 2016.…