Former Beef President accused of theft

According to KETV Newswatch 7 in Omaha, Jeff Sprowls has filed a police report accusing former team president and general manager Russ Francis of theft.

Francis was fired in late August, less than four months after being named to the post.

Russ Francis played 14 seasons in the National Football League during the 1970s and 1980s with the New England Patriots and San Francisco 49'ers. He was also a part of San Francisco's winning Super Bowl team 1985.

In an Omaha police report dated October 1st, Sprowls alleges the theft began sometime shortly after the three-time pro-bowler became president and around the time when Francis fired an employee of Gridiron Management, Sprowls company.

According to the report, Sprowls alleged Francis took an unactivated debit card from the employee's desk, and used it to conduct 66 transactions between late May and late August, amassing charges of more than $29,000.

Sprowls said Francis was fired in late August.

Francis, who has not been charged, no longer lives in an Omaha home once listed as his address, and has not commented on the allegations.