ALFRED, Maine (AP) — A Maine couple is being tried on charges they passed off no-deposit containers from New Hampshire and Massachusetts as if they were from Maine.

Thomas and Megan Woodard, who operated Green Bee Redemption, in Kittery, allegedly returned more than 100,000 bottles and cans and effectively stole about $10,000.

Indicted by a grand jury in York County last Februrary, the two are accused of deciving manufacturers, distributors and collection agents from 2008 to 2010.

WMTW-TV (http://bit.ly/mP3RZG ) reports that jury selection begins Monday in Alfred for the Woodards, who are being tried in the same proceeding.

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Information from: WMTW-TV, http://www.wmtw.com