Bar manager accused of stealing cash from register

URBANA – A Champaign man is accused of stealing money from a downtown restaurant where he worked.

Jessup Coffin, 26, whose last known address was the 300 block of South State Street, was arraigned and pleaded innocent to a charge of felony theft. He was released on his own recognizance and is due to return to court for a pretrial hearing April 10.

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