Busch Gardens Africa Employee Busted for Pocketing Admission Fees (Posted on 10 Mar 2010 by Brandon A)

Tampa, Florida, (ABC Action News) - A Busch Gardens cashier is facing felony charges after she spent years pocketing admission fees from guests, Tampa Police said. Stephanie Jolly was charged with organized fraud, grand theft and petit theft.

According to a Tampa Police report Jolly, "a cashier in Guest Services, was found to be completing fraudulent transactions and pocketing the cash ($610). On today’s date (Sunday), Busch Internal Investigators utilized a plain-clothes Tampa Police Officer to attempt to get (Jolly) to void a sale and pocket the cash..."

After Jolly was arrested, police say she confessed to voiding sales and pocketing the cash since she started working at the Tampa theme park in 2008. Police say Jolly admitted to pocketing $25,000 while working as a cashier.