LANCASTER (WCMH)–A man who snatched a box of money from Girl Scouts will spend 16 months in prison–and is ordered to give the girls their money back.

Deputies said Russell “Rusty” Oehlers stole about $600 from Girl Scouts who were selling cookies outside a Fairfield County Walmart on March 6. Oehlers allegedly grabbed a cash box from the table the girls were working at and fled on foot, possibly into another vehicle waiting for him to flee.

He was sentenced for a felony charge of safecracking and a misdemeanor charge of theft.

Oehlers, of Lancaster, was sentenced in Fairfield County Court and will also be on post-release community control for three years.What others are clicking on: