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An employee of Copy Central at 2560 Bancroft Way was arrested Friday on a grand theft charge for allegedly embezzling what may have been thousands of dollars from the photocopying store. 

According to Berkeley Police Capt. Bobby Miller, the alleged thefts occurred from October 1999 until the recent filing of the police report. The suspect’s employers became aware of a problem when the receipts and the cash register printout were different, said Miller, and they observed the suspect’s daily returns. 

At the present time the investigation is not completed, but 45-year-old Walnut Creek resident Heidi Asad has been arrested on a grand theft charge. 

Miller did not know why the store’s accounting system did not reveal the alleged thefts earlier.