Worley man sentenced for market theft

COEUR d'ALENE - A Worley man was sentenced Tuesday to six months in prison for his part in stealing more than $22,000 from the Benewah Market in Plummer.

U.S. District Court Judge Edward J. Lodge ordered Adam Lee SiJohn, 26, to also pay $22,665.04 in restitution.

SiJohn was indicted by a federal grand jury in Coeur d'Alene on Oct. 21, 2014, and pleaded guilty on Dec. 10, 2014, to theft from a tribal organization.

According to the plea agreement, SiJohn admitted that on the late evening and early morning of Aug. 20 and 21, 2014, he and his two co-defendants devised a plan to rob the Benewah Market. SiJohn was given the keys and the combination to the store safe. SiJohn took three bank bags from the safe. The bags contained cash and checks totaling $22,655.04.

The case was investigated by the Coeur d'Alene Tribal Police and the FBI.