Corrections Worker Indicated for Stealing Comp Benefits

A New York woman working as a correctional officer was indicated for allegedly stealing more than $43,000 in workers' compensation benefits over four years by not reporting she was running a small business. Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez and New York State Inspector General Lucy Lang said in a joint statement that Jahmelia M. John, 42, was arraigned Tuesday on a 23-count indictment in which she is charged with first-degree scheme to defraud; two counts of third-degree grand larceny; five counts of first-degree falsifying business records; five counts of first-degree offering a f...