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August 24, 2007

Former tax clerk pleads not guilty in grocery scam

NEWPORT — A former clerk in the Newport tax collector’s office and her husband both pleaded not guilty today in District Court to charges of shoplifting from a local supermarket.

Mary E. Zalewski, 55, of 34 Hall Ave., Middletown, and her husband, Donald, who works at Naval Station Newport, were each released on $1,000 personal recognizance on one count each of misdemeanor shoplifting.

The pair had been arrested Aug. 5 at Shaw’s Supermarket in Middletown after allegedly stealing $150 worth of groceries by misusing a self-checkout aisle, according to the police.

The Zalewskis are scheduled to appear next in court on Sept. 21 for a pre-trial conference.

Mary Zalewski, who had worked more than nine years as a clerk in the tax collector’s office, was reassigned by the city to another part of the Finance Department following her arrest.

— Meaghan Wims

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