{"id":86778,"date":"2026-01-14T19:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T19:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/86778\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T19:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T19:14:08","slug":"scranton-man-charged-for-theft-of-9k-worth-of-cigars-and-merch-at-butler-twp-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/86778\/","title":{"rendered":"Scranton man charged for theft of $9K worth of cigars and merch at Butler Twp. business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BUTLER TWP., LUZERNE CO. \u2014 Butler Township Police have filed felony charges against a Scranton man accused of stealing thousands of dollars in merchandise from his employer.<\/p>\n<p>Police say Daniel T. Brennan, 61, is charged with felony retail theft and receiving stolen property following an investigation into repeated thefts at Best Cigar Prices &amp; Pub on Hillside Drive.<\/p>\n<p>According to investigators, the alleged thefts were uncovered after an employee reviewing inventory surveillance noticed Brennan hiding cigars inside his personal travel case. A subsequent internal review determined that Brennan is accused of removing merchandise from the retail area on five separate occasions during July and August of last year.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities say more than 600 cigars, along with accessories and company apparel, were taken, resulting in a total loss of approximately $9,055. Police noted that Brennan had only been employed at the business for a short period before the thefts came to light.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Brennan turned himself in to Butler Township Police on Tuesday. He was arraigned before Magisterial District Judge Daniel O\u2019Donnell, who set bail at $20,000. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for later this month<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BUTLER TWP., LUZERNE CO. \u2014 Butler Township Police have filed felony charges against a Scranton man accused of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86779,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":{"0":"post-86778","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scranton","8":"tag-scranton","9":"tag-scranton-headlines","10":"tag-scranton-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}