Warren Muni Court clerk gets jail sentence

WARREN — Former Warren Municipal Court deputy clerk Judith M. DeJacimo has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for stealing about $48,000 from the court over a 31-month period and could be released after serving as little as 60 days.

Auditing of the court is not complete, so officials still don’t know the total of her thefts yet, said Chris Becker, assistant county prosecutor.

Trumbull County Common Pleas Court Judge John M. Stuard gave DeJacimo, 50, of Glen Drive, the maximum sentence on the single charge of theft in office, which could have produced a sentence of as little as probation.

But Judge Stuard said the thefts produced a “profound embarassment” to the employees of the court.

“I look at the court down there and I understand that they have been damaged because something of this nature has gone on as long as it has even though there was auditing,” Judge Stuard said.

“It should not have occurred, particularly from someone of your background,” Judge Stuard said.

DeJacimo’s attorney, Michael Rossi of Warren, said he estimates that DeJacimo took around $90,000 and explained that his client was now paying $30,000 in restitution and would be forfeiting around $28,000 in public employee retirement and disability benefits. He said an insurance policy would repay the court around $25,000, and DeJacimo would pay additional restitution amounts as they become known.