CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio
A corrections officer is charged with stealing $1,120 in prisoner funds while working at the Pickaway County Jail.
Karen S. Brown, 47, a corporal and near-13 year employee, was arrested Monday and charged with theft in office, said Sheriff Dwight Radcliff.
Brown handled the cash taken from inmates when they were booked into the jail. She is charged with altering deposit slips and keeping some of the cash when making deposits in a trust account, said Lt. Robert Radcliff.
The amount discovered stolen was taken in February, Lt. Radcliff said. An investigation continues. Brown, who was placed on paid leave, appeared in Circleville Municipal Court and was released without bond.
Theft in office is a fourth-degree felony punishable by up to 18 months in prison and a lifetime ban from public employment.
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