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Local business owner charged with theft

Mark C. Divel Sr., 51, of 3560 Pine St., Cogan Station, owner of Mark’s Family Restaurant, 3630 Lycoming Creek Road, Lycoming Township, has been charged by the state Attorney General’s Office with theft of failure to make required disposition of funds received and willful failure to timely file employer withholding tax returns, according to court records filed at the office of District William Solomon.

Investigators allege that Divel withheld an estimated $50,000 in state sales taxes that he collected at his business between 2017 and 2021, an affidavit stated. Following his arraignment Monday, he was released on $50,000 bail.

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