A city man allegedly fell prey to temptation in the form of a bank bag full of money sitting in a convenience store parking lot.

Instead of turning it in, Butler police said 64-year-old Roger L. Mills, of Butler, took it and kept it. Now he's paying the price.

Mills was arraigned Thursday on felony charges of theft of lost or mislaid property and receiving stolen property. He was later released on his own recognizance.

The case began around 11:20 a.m. Wednesday when an employee at the Sunoco on West Jefferson Street accidentally dropped the money bag while she was on her way to the bank to deposit the receipts, according to police.

The Sunoco employee told police the bag was green with the name of a bank on it, and that it originally contained $4,754.

The employee realized what happened when she got to the bank. She called the store but by the time other employees checked, the bag was gone.

Another customer later told police he had just arrived at the store when he saw an older man pick up the bag, place it under his shirt and walk away.

Butler Police Chief Bob O'Neill said it didn't take long before police had a suspect.

Nearby surveillance cameras captured on video the man who matched the eyewitness' description.

At least one city officer recognized the man as Mills, who happened to be walking by just as the employee was driving away.

Police located Mills the following day. He allegedly admitted to finding the bag, but claimed there was no money in it, O'Neill said.

Mills told investigators he threw away the bag in a Dumpster behind the Salvation Army. Officers looked in the Dumpster, but did not find the bag.

Police weren't buying his story, O'Neill said, and they subsequently charged him. He was taken to District Judge William Fullerton's office for arraignment.

There, police said, he acknowledged he had taken the money. O'Neill said Mills told authorities the money was “in a wall at his house.”

Police got a search warrant and allegedly found the money where Mills said it was. But when it was counted, it allegedly only tallied $3,251.

Mills declined to comment when contacted by telephone Thursday. His preliminary hearing is set Nov. 12.