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Folsom water department employee arrested in chlorine theft
By David Richie - drichie@sacbee.com
Last Updated 1:13 pm PDT Friday, May 9, 2008
A Folsom Water Department employee has been arrested on suspicion of embezzlement by a public employee and second degree burglary after Folsom police detectives found containers of chlorine and other items at the man's home in Rancho Cordova, according to a press release issued on Friday.
Folsom police identified the city employee as Mitchell Alan Barnett, 47.
Police began their investigation after other city employees reported the chlorine theft. Total value of the items found at Barnett's home was estimated at less than $500.
Although the dollar amount was small, the activity amounts to theft from taxpayers and violates the trust residents must have in public employees, said Lt. Sheldon Sterling, commander of the department's Criminal Investigation Bureau.
"We have an obligation to the community we serve, and to our fellow public servants, to weed out any public employees who don't deserve that trust," Sterling said.
Jail records indicate that Barnett was booked Thursday but released after making bail, which was set at $5,000.
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