MILFORD — A Milford man was sentenced on June 29 for theft and fraud charges stemming from two separate incidents that occurred at the end of 2016.

Henry Ray Kidd, 23, Milford, was sentenced to a total of four years at the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department, with 3 1/2 years suspended and to be served on probation.

According to the affidavit of probable cause, on Nov. 14, 2016, a male reported that he had detected several unauthorized transactions on his Teacher’s Credit Union account. The bank completed an investigation of the accusation and discovered there were seven fraudulent transactions on the man’s account, totaling $1,841.20.

The Teacher’s Credit Union security contacted a woman who stated her daughter had used the credit card numbers as payment for sexual favors she provided to Kidd.

According to the affidavit of probable cause, when interviewed by an officer, Kidd admitted he had taken a picture of the male’s debit cards and used them to pay girls to perform sex acts on Facebook. Kidd admitted he knew the girl had been using money from the debit card as payment, however, she did not know that Kidd did not have permission to use the cards.

In this cause Kidd was sentenced to one count of theft, a level 6 felony, and sentenced to one year at the Kosciusko Sheriff’s Department. This term was suspended to be served on probation.

On Dec. 23, 2016, a Kosciusko County Deputy spoke to a woman who advised that she attempted to use her 1st Source Bank debit card and it was denied. She discovered 22 unauthorized charges to a PayPal account, totaling $3,440.

Because of the woman’s report, the officer then spoke with a supervisor at the bank who advised the officer that the woman’s boyfriend was Kidd. The supervisor further advised that Kidd opened an account at the end of January and received a debit card. He then reported fraud on his account and closed it Feb. 10.

On Feb. 13, Kidd filed an unauthorized use of resources card affidavit, stating he had not made any of the purchases to his account between and including Feb. 3-10.

According to the affidavit, the supervisor stated that the money for the fraudulent charges was replaced and then removed when an investigation began.The officer received a copy of the fraudulent charges made to Kidd’s account. Two of the charges were for Feb. 8 at Walmart. Video surveillance from Walmart loss prevention identified Kidd as the person making the purchases. When the officer asked Kidd about the purchases he admitted he had made the charges with the debit card at Walmart and three other transactions that he had previously claimed fraudulent.

In this cause Kidd was charged with fraud on a financial institution and sentenced to three years at the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department, 2 1/2 years suspended to be served on probation. Kidd is allowed to serve the six months of executed sentence on community corrections.

The two sentencings will be served consecutively