4 Home Depot cashiers fired in theft case

SALEM — Three female cashiers at Home Depot have been fired and charged with theft of items from the store.

They are to appear on Nov. 13 in Mahoning County Court in Sebring: Jamie L. Rockwell, 19, of U.S. Route 62; Jessica Sickelsmith, 23, of Eric Drive, Lisbon, and Megan McCallister, 20, of East Main Street, Washingtonville. A fourth cashier, a man, was fired but was not charged. He will be a witness.

Salem Police Detective David Talbert said Thursday he was contacted by security for the store in Mahoning County. Talbert said the thefts focused on only high-priced items, including vacuum cleaners, air conditioners and chain saws.

Surveillance tapes showed cashiers scanning both large and small items. Then they would electronically delete the line items on the receipt for the expensive items. Talbert said because of the deletions, “The money and the receipts would match.”

The male cashier took only one low-priced item. The women took in excess of $3,000, he said.