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Ex-waitress charged with adding $10, $20 to customers’ tips

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HARRISON CITY (AP) – A former waitress has been charged with forgery and other crimes for allegedly adding $10 or $20s to tips that customers of a western Pennsylvania restaurant left when they paid with plastic.

Police in Penn Township said 30-year-old Gina Haney, of North Huntingdon put the number “1” or “2” in front of single-digit tips customers had scrawled on receipts. As a result, she received $10 or $20 more than those customers intended.

Haney allegedly fudged tips on 20 bills at Lucci’s Pizza and Pasta just between September and December. The restaurant’s manager alerted authorities after two customers called to complain about overcharges on the same day, and he pulled other receipts from her customers which revealed more overcharges.

Haney denied knowing anything about the tips before her arraignment Wednesday.

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