A Norcross Police Department employee has been charged with stealing thousands of dollars from the evidence room.
Kinyetta Bass is accused of pocketing $763 on July 30 and $2,600 on Aug. 15. Warrants for her arrest were issued Friday on two felony counts of theft by taking.
Bass, 27, of Smyrna, was hired four years ago as a communications officer and later promoted to red light camera technician and evidence custodian, which is a civilian position. She had not been arrested as of Monday afternoon, Gwinnett jail records show.
Reached by phone at her home on Monday, Bass said, “I have no comment at this time.”
Norcross police spokesman Capt. Brian Harr said Bass came under suspicion when another employee noticed “a discrepancy in our policy and procedures that Ms. Bass was involved in.” Bass has since been fired.
The department completed an audit of the evidence room and no other items are missing, Harr said.
“This was an isolated incident involving one person,” Harr said.
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