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Deborah Thiry's arrest comes after an internal audit found the payments collected by the construction and engineering department were unaccounted for, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.
Thiry began working for the department in 2015 and started stealing the following year, according to Suarez.
Thiry was charged on a Complaint-Summons with Theft by Unlawful Taking and Tampering with Public Records. Following her arrest, Thiry was processed and released.
Her first court appearance on these charges is scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 2, in Central Judicial Processing Court in Jersey City.
Prosecutor Suarez credited members of the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Public Integrity- Special Investigations Unit with the investigation and arrest.
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