NEWNAN, Ga. - A former Coweta County Department of Corrections employee has been arrested after investigators say she stole tens of thousands of dollars from the county prison commissary account.

What we know:

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said 49-year-old Lakina Gay of Newnan was taken into custody Wednesday and booked into the Coweta County Jail. She is facing five counts of theft by taking.

Authorities said preliminary findings show Gay, who worked as an office manager, misappropriated between $50,000 and $100,000 from the commissary account between 2019 and 2023.

The Coweta County Sheriff’s Office asked the GBI to take over the investigation in November 2023. Once the case is complete, it will be handed to the Coweta Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office for prosecuti

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