OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — The former owner of an Olathe barbecue restaurant was sentenced Wednesday to serve one year and one month in prison for using customers’ credit cards to fund spending sprees.

Matthew Sander, former owner of Smokin’ Joe’s Bar-B-Q, pleaded guilty in November to seven counts of identity theft, four counts of theft and one count of criminal use of a credit card.
Court documents filed by Sander’s attorney say he had a “significant drug and alcohol problem” that he has since addressed.
Prosecutors said Sander went on spending binges with credit cards that customers left behind at the restaurant. In one case, Sander used a debit card from a purse he took at an Overland Park restaurant.
Sander was ordered to pay restitution of $11,400.