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Former Metro Official Is Charged With Theft
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During the probe, transit police monitored Anderson's actions, gathered documents, issued subpoenas and executed search warrants, officials said.
Anderson started working at Metro in 1998 and became a supervisor in 2001; she was paid about $48,000 a year, the charging document says.
Catoe said the agency has not identified a particular motive in the theft. "We received no comments from anyone that these monies were needed," he said. "This was just a case of an employee who stole money from the public."
After Anderson was arrested last fall, Metro put new procedures in place to guard against "this type of activity from happening again," Catoe said.
A criminal information, the type of filing used to charge Anderson, is different from a grand jury indictment. Prosecutors may file a criminal information only with the consent of the defendant, who waives the right to have the evidence presented to a grand jury.
Staff researcher Meg Smith contributed to this report.
