OSSIPEE — The former store clerk convicted last month of stealing nearly $7,000 from the Cumberland Farms in Conway Village has been sentenced to up to four years in prison.
Michael Kukuruza, 41, 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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