TORRINGTON, CT (WFSB) – A woman was charged with larceny after investigators found that she simultaneously worked for both the State of Connecticut and the Town of Litchfield.

Erin Kennedy, 44, of Litchfield, turned herself in on Feb. 7 on the strength of an arrest warrant, state police said.

According to the warrant, in 2023, Kennedy was employed by Northwestern Connecticut Community College in Winsted as a SNAP coordinator and non-credit allied health coordinator.

At the same time and during the same shift, she worked for the Town of Litchfield as its social services coordinator. She was responsible for a food pantry, a senior bus, renter’s rebates for seniors, and helping seniors and families with programs.

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The warrant said confidential state material was found on a Town of Litchfield computer.

An investigation was conducted by Connecticut State Colleges and Universities labor relations.

In May 2023, a Litchfield town official said Kennedy kept asking for unpaid time off from that job, but had not become suspicious yet.

In Dec. 2023, her coworkers in town reported that they saw her working “feverishly” on her computer, and not on town work. An IT department sweep of the computer revealed information for Northwestern Connecticut Community College.

During that same month, town employees became suspicious of her when she filed an injury report while moving a pew for the food pantry, but no one saw her get hurt, the warrant said.

Investigators said they learned that between May 2, 2023 and Dec. 12, 2023, Kennedy worked a total of 708.25 overlapping hours between her job with the state and the Town of Litchfield.

They determined that both jobs overlapped for 5 hours every day.

They said the state appeared to have paid her about $33,018.62 for work not performed. For Litchfield, it was $16,502.33.

Kennedy resigned from both positions before she was able to be fired, the warrant said.

State police said that when questioned, Kennedy said that salaried state employees don’t have assigned hours.

She also believed that following the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities merger, she thought her contract with the state would not be renewed, so she found the job in Litchfield. She said she didn’t think there would be a long overlap.

She claimed she did not seek to work both jobs at the same time and did not believe she did anything unethical.

Investigators, however, determined that probable cause existed because she conducted state business on Town of Litchfield computers.

Kennedy was charged with two counts of first-degree larceny.

She was released on a $10,000 bond and scheduled to face a judge in Torrington on Feb. 24.

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