Report: Parole officer gave vest to juvenile

The teen wore the bulletproof vest during a robbery in Austintown, police said.
AKRON (AP) -- A juvenile parole officer had an inappropriate relationship with a 17-year-old boy, who police said had her bulletproof vest when he was arrested after a robbery, state investigators have concluded.
Christine E. White, 28, of Canton, opted to resign in May rather than be put on administrative leave when the Department of Youth Services learned that police believed her vest was used in the crime. The department's investigation concluded that she had given her state-owned vest to Keylan Davis, now 18.
Police say Davis shot a customer in the leg during a robbery at an Austintown convenience store in May and was removing the vest when officers stopped the vehicle he was in. The serial number matched one belonging to White.
White has not been charged with a crime and police say she is not part of the robbery investigation. She declined to comment to the Akron Beacon Journal. The Associated Press left a message Sunday at a home listing for a C.E. White in Canton.
The state has not reported the vest stolen or missing, Austintown Police Sgt. Frank Tomasino said.
White told investigators that the vest had apparently been stolen when her vehicle was broken into in March, but she didn't report it missing in a police report about the break-in.
Met at Massillon facility
White and Davis met while she was working at the Indian River Juvenile Correctional Facility in Massillon and he was an inmate there. White was not the parole officer for Davis, who was released in February and lives in Austintown.
The department began its investigation in May when a fellow worker raised concerns about White's conduct. An investigator discovered White, who worked at a regional office in Akron, used her state-owned cell phone to make personal calls in Youngstown when she was supposed to be working on cases in Summit County.
White and Davis denied a relationship, investigators said.