Did Dann aide get warning?

COLUMBUS — One of the women accusing a high-level staffer in the attorney general’s office of sexual harassment returned to work to find her desk ransacked, her attorneys said.

Cindy Stankoski, 26, of New Albany, an administrative assistant, came to work today after a short vacation “to find her desk cluttered and mail strewn about her desk and floor. Items in containers had been removed from her desk and some of her mail had even been opened,” said Rex H. Elliott, her co-counsel along with John Camillus.

The two Columbus-based lawyers also represent Vanessa Stout, 26, of Dublin, formerly of Masury. Stout, who also works as an administrative assistant, and Stankoski have accused Anthony Gutierrez, 50, of Liberty, of sexually harassing them.

Gutierrez, the office’s director of general services and a longtime friend of Attorney General Marc Dann, is on paid leave. Gutierrez supervised the two women.

The results of an internal investigation by the attorney general’s office is to be released Friday.

For the complete story, see Thursday’s Vindicator and Vindy.com.