Baker City Love's Travel Center Manager Arrested Accused of Stealing $9,130

Lexi Marie Krug, 37, was arrested about 4 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 26, at her Baker City home after Baker City Police say she stole $9,130 in cash last fall from the Love's Travel Center where she worked as general manager. The Baker County district attorney’s office filed 13 criminal counts after investigators reviewed transaction records and loss-prevention documentation.

Prosecutors charged Krug with five counts of first-degree theft, classified as Class C felonies, and eight counts of second-degree theft, classified as Class A misdemeanors. Authorities say the five felony counts correspond to five alleged $1,000 transactions; the eight misdemeanor counts stem from thefts of less than $1,000. The total alleged loss is $9,130, and one smaller alleged transaction identified in the affidavit was $240.

A probable cause affidavit prepared by Baker City Police Officer Josh Horlocker describes 13 separate transactions between Nov. 3, 2025, and Dec. 23, 2025, and identifies the store’s cash-handling equipment as central to the investigation. “The cash recycler was explained to me as a digital machine which acted as a bank for the store, a user can log in and deposit or withdraw cash for use in the registers,” Horlocker wrote in the affidavit. A Love’s loss-prevention official provided documentation of the transactions to police, according to the affidavit.

Baker City Police executed the arrest at Krug’s residence and the charges were filed by the Baker County district attorney’s office. Krug was scheduled to be arraigned Friday, Feb. 27, at 1:30 p.m. in Baker County Circuit Court. Court filings and the probable cause affidavit list the specific dates and number of transactions alleged but do not include a detailed itemization of all eight smaller amounts beyond the single $240 entry cited.

There is no public statement in the charging materials from Krug, her attorney, Love’s corporate office or the Baker County district attorney addressing the allegations, and the available documents do not indicate Krug’s booking status or whether she remained employed at the Baker City Love’s between Dec. 23, 2025, and her Feb. 26 arrest. The case will proceed in Baker County Circuit Court following the scheduled arraignment.

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