Casey's employee charged with stealing

A 9 a.m. January 27 arraignment is scheduled in Lawrence County Circuit Court for a former employee of the Casey's General Store in Pierce City who allegedly stole more than $900 from the cash register.

The Pierce City Police Department was contacted November 6 by the store manager who said she fired Cheyenne Nicole "Nikki" Rickman (DOB 1998) after discovering sales totals were not adding up and then reviewing video of Rickman working the register.

From the probable cause statement:

{The manager} stated that she watched video of the register {and} stated that on the above days Cheyenne N. Rickman was working at the register. {She} stated that she observed Rickman take $100 bills from customers. 

Rickman would take the bills and act like she was putting bills into the register. {The manager} stated that Rickman would then put bills up her sleeve. {She} stated that she watched several hours of video to try to figure out the discrepancy between sales and the amount of money in the register when Rickman was working. 

On November 08, 2024, at around 08:30 this officer made contact with the suspect Cheyenne Nicole (Nikki) Rickman. At this time Rickman was read her Miranda rights, Rickman stated that she understood her rights and was willing to talk. 

I asked Rickman if she knew why I was talking to her. She stated, "Is this about Casey's?'' I then stated yes. I then asked why, or how was there a difference in sales and the amount of money in the cash register? 

Rickman stated that she did not have any idea why. I then stated that there is video of Rickman putting big bills in her shirt sleeve. Rickman stated that her skin itches and that was what happened. She was scratching her arm. 

At no time did Rickman state that she took money from the register.

This officer received security video from Casey' General Store. The video was from November 03, 2024. The video shows the front of the store around the cash register area and behind the counter. The video shows Rickman putting money in her sleeve several times through the day of November 03, 2025.

The times are as follows:

05:36,

06:53,

09:42, 

10:13, 

11:05, 

11:44, 

12:30, 

13:05, 

13:24