Penitentiary officer placed on leave after Boardman shoplifting accusation
A corrections officer at the Ohio State Penitentiary in Youngstown has been placed on administrative leave after accusations that she shoplifted from a Boardman Walmart.
A corrections officer at the Ohio State Penitentiary in Youngstown has been placed on administrative leave after accusations that she shoplifted from a Boardman Walmart.
Officials with the penitentiary say 44-year-old Julianna Stefek returned to work Wednesday and was immediately placed on leave during a "pending investigation". Officials at the penitentiary say Stefek had been off of work for several days.
The Loss Prevention Officer at the Doral Drive store told township police on Saturday that video surveillance showed Stefek, of Poland, hide a $19 jar of pomade under her purse as she went through the checkout lane.
When Stefek was stopped in the store, she told the loss prevention officer "This time it was a mistake. Not like the last time," according to the police report.
Stefek is likely referring to a 2017 shoplifting arrest at the same store.
According to 21 News archives, Stefek was charged with theft after she allegedly bagged $71 worth of merchandise at the self-checkout, but only paying $24.
That charge was eventually dismissed.
This time Stefek has been issued a court summons for theft and also given a criminal trespass warning.