NEW FRANKLIN: A bookkeeper at a local plumbing business is accused of stealing more than $870,000 from her employer.
Kelly Kemp, 38, of New Franklin, was secretly indicted earlier this month on two counts of aggravated theft, six counts of grand theft and eight counts of theft. She was arrested last week.
She is accused of cashing business checks in her name while working at Dye Plumbing in New Franklin between January 2014 and September 2016, when the owner noticed money missing and alerted authorities.
“We looked into it and went through financial statements and ultimately found out it was over $870,000,” New Franklin Detective Michael Hitchings said Tuesday.
Kemp allegedly used some of the money to pay bills, but police couldn’t immediately say where all the money went.
Kemp has been released on a personal recognizance bond pending a court date in Summit County Common Pleas Court. She could not be reached for comment Tuesday.
Representatives of Dye Plumbing also couldn’t be reached.