A woman hired to clean the Calendar House in Southington is accused of stealing from the facility over a six-month span.
Employees of Calendar House, located at 388 Pleasant St., contacted police on Nov. 20 to report that cash and gift cards had been taken from offices and desks within the facility since May 2018, according to police. The website for Calendar House calls the facility a senior citizen center but says that Southington residents 55 and over can use it.
The stolen items included $245 in cash from the Christmas Tree Fund, $5 in cash, a book of one-cent stamps, 20 Stop & Shop gift cards valued at $25 each, 16 Walgreens gift cards valued at $25 each, $45 in petty cash and $240 in cash from the Golf Fund, police said.
Detectives interviewed employees and others who had access to the area and police said 37-year-old Melissa King, of Plainville, admitted to taking cash from the facility but denied taking gift cards.
She works for an independent cleaning contractor assigned to clean the facility, according to police.
King turned herself in around 6 p.m. on Dec. 26 after learning there was a warrant for her arrest and was charged with larceny in the third degree.
King posted a $2,000 surety bond and was given an appearance date of Jan. 7 for the Bristol Court.
