OSSIPEE — A onetime store clerk who was sent to prison for stealing nearly $7,000 from Cumberland Farms is seeking to be released on bail while his appeal is pending.
Michael Kukuruza, 42, of Conway was accused of taking $6,850 from the Conway Village Cumberland Farms’ safe during the early morning hours of April 26, 2017, while working as a cashier.
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