Woman accused of stealing $4,000 from employer’s safe, leaving state for Alabama

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A woman was charged with a felony in Macon County on Thursday after authorities claim she stole $4,000 from her employer’s safe last month and fled to Alabama.

Ashlynn Ross was charged with felony stealing. A warrant was issued on Thursday and a $10,000 bond was set. A court date has not been scheduled.

The probable cause statement says Ross is accused of taking $4,000 from the victim’s safe on Aug. 2, a day when the business was closed. Video footage allegedly showed the victim accessing the safe that day while holding a bank bag and concealing something in her shirt after making “erratic movements,” the statement says.

Ross allegedly then went to the office at 8:40 a.m. Aug. 7, left at 10:58 a.m. and never came back, the statement says. Ross then called in sick to work the next day and traveled to Alabama, court documents say.