Former Employee Allegedly Stole More Than $10,000 From Princeton Merchant

A Vermont woman has been charged with stealing more than $10,000 from a store in the Princeton Shopping Center.

Jill M. Ludwig, 30, of Bomoseen, Vt, was charged with third-degree theft on Dec. 15 and her bail is set at $20,000 cash. 

However, Ludwig is already was being held at Chittenden Correctional Facility in Burlington, Vt., for allegedly committing a string of robberies in Vermont and New York. 

Princeton Township police say Ludwig allegedly fabricated more than $10,000 in transactions at a Princeton merchant between January and April of this year. 

Police declined to name the Princeton merchant, but Jill Marie Ludwig's Facebook page lists her former employer as McCaffreys prior to May 2011 and one of her Facebook friends is her alledged accomplice in the bank robberies. A manager for McCaffreys did not return a call on Monday night. 

Police said the store police in early December of the theft by a former employee, claiming Ludwig fabricated register payout transactions and the phony transactions came to light through the store's bookeeping. 

Detective Sgt. Scott Porreca, Detective Benjamin Gering and the store's internal audit determined that Ludwig had stolen more than $10,000 in cash through the transactions.