SUGARCREEK BOROUGH, Pa. (EYT) — A local man facing charges after ordering propane then failing to pay for it is due in court today.

Court documents indicate 36-year-old Sean Louis Carpenter of Saegertown, is scheduled to stand for a preliminary hearing in front of Magisterial District Judge Patrick E. Lowrey on Wednesday, October 9, at 8:30 a.m.

He is facing one count of first-degree misdemeanor theft of services.

According to a criminal complaint, Sean Louis Carpenter ordered propane from Goss Gas on bulk propane on September 11, 2018, to be delivered at his residence on Oak Drive in Meadville and did not pay for the delivery.

The complaint notes he was sent a bill on September 14 as well as a certified letter, which he signed for on January 16. Then, after speaking with Lt. Baker of the Sugarcreek Borough Police Department about being charges for theft of service, Carpenter said he would pay the bill in full.

According to the complaint, as of the filing of the complaint, the bill remained unpaid.

The charge was filed against Carpenter through Magisterial District Judge Patrick E. Lowrey’s office on August 2.