LIBERTY TWP, Ohio - A teacher at Liberty's Blott Guy Elementary school is facing criminal charges after police found her with several missing Chromebooks and money from a middle school cheerleading squad. 

Liberty Local Schools says 38-year-old Justina Hafely has been placed on paid administrative leave. According to the Ohio Department of Education, Hafely is certified a registered as an elementary mathematics teacher. 

According to police, officers were called out to the district Board of Education after a series of events led to the belief that there was an "ongoing theft issue". 

Police say Superintendent Joe Nohra told officers that as the coach for the seventh and eighth-grade cheerleading team Hafely was responsible for collecting fees and turning them into the school. 

According to the report, Hafely sent home a form with the students of the cheerleading squad in September asking for $40 to cover the cost of shoes, pom poms, and hair bows. Hafely then allegedly asked the school to purchase the equipment and said she would drop off the money she had.  

As of November 2nd, the school district had not yet received any money from Hafely for the equipment. 

The police report says the school began contacting parents of the cheer team, several of which responded that they had paid Hafely in cash. 

In addition to the cheer team money, school staff advised that they had reason to believe Hafely may have information about several missing Chromebooks. 

One staff member allegedly told police that three Chromebooks went missing during a teacher in-service day in August. 

The staff member told officers that he started looking into the missing devices through an admin tool that showed him that Haefly had logged into one of the devices after it went missing. 

A report says the staffer asked Hafely about the missing Chromebook but said that he had to approach her several times before she allegedly turned over the missing device. 

Police say the staffer told them that at that point he became suspicious and remembered five other Chromebooks that had gone missing previously. He reportedly told officers that he checked and two of those devices had been logged in to recently by Hafely. 

The man told officers that he once again approached Hafely who said that she had a Chromebook at home and would bring it back the next day but never did. 

Investigators say they were also told by Superintendent Norha that there were complaints that a kindergarten student had turned in an envelope of $30 worth of lunch money, however, the money was allegedly never turned into the school. 

According to the report, officers questioned Hafely about the missing money and Chromebooks. 

The report alleges that Hafely told police that she had sent home the form for the cheerleading money, but that only one student had paid. Officers say they showed Hafely a list of the parents who wrote to the school that they had paid Hafely directly. 

At that point, the report says Hafely changed her story, saying that several parents had paid, but that she had lost the envelope with the money and checks. Hafely allegedly told officers that since there was money left over in the cheer team account from the previous year she "felt that the issue was resolved and discontinued looking for the money". 

Police say they searched Hafely's vehicle at that point and found a white envelope with money orders, checks, and cash that appeared to be from the parents of the cheerleading squad. 

investigators say they also found three Chromebooks. When questioned about the electronics, Hafely allegedly told police that she "didn't know how many Chromebooks she now has" because of her "lack of organization". 

Hafely allegedly said that she would take Chromebooks home from school for her children to play with and then would "lose track" and not knowing if she had returned it, would take another one home and lose track of it again. 

The police report says the cycle happened over a period of two years. 

During the interview, police say that Hafely also told police that she had taken the kindergartener's money to the office, but when reminded that the office has cameras Hafely allegedly recanted, saying that she had put the money in her desk drawer. 

The report goes on to say that "after time passed, Hafely, thinking that she turned the money into the office believed the money in the center drawer was hers and probably removed it for personal use." 

Hafely has since been charged with one misdemeanor count of theft but pleaded not guilty. 

She is expected to appear back in court in January.