A Carbon County jury panel of eight women and four men took about 45 minutes on Tuesday to convict a Carbon County man of theft and receiving stolen property charges.

Dietrick Ryan Hosier, 25, of Lehighton, was charged by borough police for an incident on Oct. 17, 2013, in which a gun was stolen from a vehicle. Hosier did not testify at the trial.Jason Green testified he reported to police that a Colt .380-caliber pistol was removed from his Jeep while parked to the rear of Mallard's Market along Second Street. The pistol was located in the glove box and there was no forced entry to the vehicle. Green also said the keys to his vehicle were in a back room at the market, where he was employed. The estimated value of the gun was set at $400.Officer Bruce Thomas Broyles testified he interviewed Judy Miller, another employee at the store, who said she observed Hosier in the store the day of the incident acting in a suspicious manner. She was familiar with Hosier, having had prior contact with him. She said she saw Hosier, who is not an employee, enter the market and go directly into a back room where the restrooms are located. She said she saw him exit that area and leave the market. She said Hosier was wearing a blue hooded sweater and dark-colored pants.Broyles viewed video footage from the store, which showed a male wearing a dark-colored hooded sweater and dark pants exiting from Green's Jeep parked in the rear employee lot area. Another camera showed a male wearing the same clothing exiting the north side of the market's vestibule. The same male was seen walking east through the market's north parking lot toward the employee lot.Miller was shown the video footage and said the male in it was wearing the same clothing she saw Hosier wearing the day of the incident.Broyles interviewed Hosier. Broyles said Hosier told him he did not remember the day in question clearly and added he was not at the market that day. Broyles also testified that through the course of the investigation he learned that Hosier attempted to sell a pistol matching the description of the one Green reported stolen to a borough resident but that person refused to buy it, being aware that it had been stolen.Assistant District Attorney Cynthia Ann Dyrda Hatton prosecuted the case. Court-appointed attorney Robert Scott Frycklund represented Hosier.Presiding Judge Joseph J. Matika deferred sentencing and ordered the adult probation office to prepare a presentence investigation report. Hosier is an inmate in the county prison and was returned there after the verdict was read.Sentencing is scheduled for Nov. 30 at 9 a.m.