A former contract employee for the city of Lakeland charged with stealing – and then pawning – several items from the city was given 18 months of supervised probation on Wednesday and put into a diversion program.
Shane Lawson Jacks, 44, of Lakeland, was charged with felony theft in Washington County District Court in August for stealing three chainsaws, two trimmers and a leaf blower from a city building on June 10 while working for People Service, the company that operates the city’s water treatment plant and also provides public works-related services.
The stolen items were valued at $2,180, and officials were able to identify Jacks by pawn shop surveillance video and his Minnesota driver’s license. The pawned items, with serial numbers that matched items missing from the city, totaled $1,410, according to the criminal complaint.
Jacks, who was fired by People Service, was accepted into Washington County’s diversion program, which allows first-time offenders to avoid convictions by successfully completing the conditions of probation. Jacks must complete 24 hours of community work service or three days on the county’s sentence to service program and pay $1,479.98 in restitution to the city.
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