Commonwealth v. Mueller

CERCONE, Judge:

This case is before us on a Commonwealth appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County, directing the expungement of Laurence Mueller’s arrest record.

*221Appellee Mueller was charged with theft by unlawful taking in a criminal complaint filed April 24, 1975. A preliminary hearing was held, and the testimony of the complainant, appellee’s former employer (at Ameron Auto Centers) was summarized in the transcript as follows:

“[0]n April 7, 1975 I did an investigation on inventory shrinkage. On April 9,1975 I discovered detail tapes were not being rung properly.…