Store Closing Doors ; Police Investigate Claimed Loss of $115,000 at Secret Sneaker. Another Local Arrest

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A popular Manheim Township athletic shoe and clothing retailer will soon be shutting its doors, stung by the sluggish economy, a string of bad luck - and a possible six-figure embezzlement.

Secret Sneaker, 409 Granite Run Drive, last week began running a going-out-of-business ad in local publications. Owner Mike Matto said the store, which opened in 1995, will be shuttered by Feb. 1.

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Store Closing Doors ; Police Investigate Claimed Loss of $115,000 at Secret Sneaker. Another Local Arrest

"We've been fighting and clawing to make it" over the past year, Matto said. "We've been begging vendors, sometimes even waiting until a customer walks in to turn on the lights."

He informed his 20 employees earlier this month that they would soon be laid off.

Matto reported the alleged theft by a former employee to Manheim Townshi...

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