BOX OFFICE MANAGER HAD PRIOR CONVICTION.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: JEAN DerGURAHIAN Staff writer

The woman charged Tuesday with stealing more than $30,000 from the Glens Falls Civic Center only recently finished a probation period following a prior felony conviction for stealing, according to court reports.

Then she lied about the prior conviction on her job application at the civic center, a civic center official said.

Karen Atwood, the former box office manager who was arrested and charged with grand larceny, falsifying business records and defrauding the government, appeared Thursday before a Glens Falls City Court judge to hear the charges against her. She is scheduled to return March 7.

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