A 32-year-old Helena man pleaded guilty Monday to stealing a woman's credit card number while working at a local fast-food restaurant and then using the account to make calls to phone sex lines from work.

Robert James Clemo Jr., 32, pleaded guilty in Helena City Court Monday to identity theft and theft of services, both misdemeanors.

Clemo, a former employee of the now-defunct Burger King on North Montana Avenue, took the woman's number while working at the fast-food restaurant, according to court documents. He then used the account to call three different phone sex lines from both the Burger King phone and his own cell phone, racking up $425 in bills.

City Court Judge Myron Pitch ordered Clemo to pay $425 in restitution and $830 in fines. The judge also gave him credit for one day served in jail along with a 359-day suspended sentence on the two misdemeanors. Police cited Clemo on Friday for the two charges and also on a felony charge of failure to give notice of change of address by a violent or sexual offender.

Clemo is considered a violent offender after he was sentenced in January 1999 for felony robbery after he, with the assistance of his mother, robbed a Helena casino. According to court documents, Clemo pulled a BB gun on a casino employee and walked away with $2,900. He was sentenced to seven years in Montana State Prison, with five suspended. Clemo is being held in the Lewis and Clark County Detention Center in lieu of $5,000 bond for the felony charge.

Reporter Angela Brandt: 447-4078 or angela.brandt@helenair.com