The manager of a now-closed used-car dealership in Puyallup has been sentenced to two weeks in jail for stealing tens of thousands of dollars of retail-sales tax from vehicle sales. He’ll also have to pay it all back to the state.
Stanley Joey Stevens, former manager of Puyallup Truck & RV Sales, pleaded guilty March 10 in Pierce County Superior Court to second-degree theft. Judge Timothy Ashcraft sentenced Stevens the same day and ordered him to pay $138,678 in restitution to the state Department of Revenue.
Stevens failed to remit those funds to the DOR while operating the business from June 2019 through January 2022, according to court documents…