MERCER, Pa. (WKBN) - A Florida man who was convicted on multiple counts of theft from a Sharon steelmaker was sentenced this week in Mercer County Common Pleas Court.

Cody Rainey, 35, of Jupiter, Florida, was found guilty of theft by unlawful taking, receiving stolen property, access device fraud and dealing in the proceeds of illegal activity.

He was sentenced to 11 and a half months to two years in prison, but he can petition the court to serve that time on house arrest if he immediately pays restitution to the victim in the amount of $109,371.82.

Rainey will also have to serve multiple years of probation.

According to a criminal complaint, Rainey worked at SSAB Wear Solutions as a production manager from January 2022 until he resigned in July 2023.

During that time, investigators s

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