2 Port Deposit Residents Charged with Harford County Gasoline Theft

Two Port Deposit residents employed by Harford County were charged with theft and scheming after they were suspected of repeatedly stealing gas from Scarboro Landfill, the Harford County Sheriff's Office said in a statement Thursday.

Government officials reported to the sheriff's office that Tracy L. Sexton, 43, and James E. Doran, 46, were using the county fuel pumps at the landfill to gas up their personal vehicles, police said.

The two reside at the same address, on the 600 block of Doctor Jack Road, in Port Deposit.

Both individuals worked for the Harford County Department of Public Works; Doran was employed at the waste disposal center in Street and Sexton with the division of highways, according to Robert Thomas, Harford County Government spokesman.

Doran had been a county employee since February 1995 and Sexton, since November 2002, Thomas said.

According to the sheriff's office, the two used their employee pin numbers to fuel up their personal vehicles after hours at the Scarboro Landfill, a practice that allegedly occurred more than 40 times since 2011.

The sheriff's office estimated the loss to the county was $2,282.

Doran and Sexton were arrested on charges of theft between $1,000 and $10,000 and scheming. They appeared before the Harford County District Court Commissioner on May 15 and were released on their own recognizance, according to the sheriff's office.

Both have trials scheduled for July 10.

As far as their employment currently, Thomas said that he cannot discuss their status. "We are handling it in a confidential manner as we do with all personnel," Thomas said, "but they do face disciplinary action through the county."