A 67-year-old Blakely, GA woman has been caught with her hand in the cookie jar after Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents slapped her with charges of hefty theft. Brenda Stein, alleged sticky-fingered secretary, now faces two counts of felony theft by taking for purportedly pocketing over $100,000, announced the Georgia Bureau of Investigation yesterday.

Stein, employed at Youmans’ Machine Shop since 2006, was snared by agents for opening credit card accounts in her name linked to the business, according to Georgia Bureau of Investigation statement. Investigative teamwork that started on February 23 between the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office uncovered the financial shenanigans, stretching back to 2018.

Currently confined to the Seminole County Jail, Stein's actions have prompted a call for public help in the ongoing investigation. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation encourages anyone possessing relevant information to reach out, offering anonymity to tipsters. The leads could be conveyed via a phone call, submitted online, or through the 'See Something, Send Something' mobile app – showcasing a modern battleground where fiscal responsibility and criminal audacity clash.

This isn't the end of the road for this case or Stein, as the Georgia Bureau of Investigation will soon hand over the investigation's findings to the Pataula Judicial Circuit, which is waiting to review it and initiate prosecution. The community of Donalsonville and the corridors of Youmans' Machine Shop await justice's next move as a once-trusted employee has been revealed, allegedly wearing the cloak of a thief.