The former assistant manager of a Greenfield tire shop — who was described by his boss as a trusted, well-mannered employee — has been charged with embezzling $33,000 from the business. David Ovitt III of Montague was released on personal recognizance after pleading not guilty to larceny over $250. Prosecutors said that while Ovitt, 24, worked at Tire Warehouse last year, he skimmed cash from the shop’s night deposits, then discarded the original deposit slips and wrote out new ones. The shop’s owner said Ovitt sometimes just took the entire cash deposit.
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