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Cleaning company owner charged.


Byline: Kim Ring

SPENCER - The owner of a local janitorial company is accused of taking thousands of dollars worth of supplies from FLEXcon Co. and will be arraigned March 21 in Western Worcester District Court in East Brookfield East Brookfield is the name of the following places in the United States:
  • East Brookfield (CDP), Massachusetts
  • East Brookfield (town), Massachusetts
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Police said Cynthia L. Manos, 41, of 33 Kittredge Road, who owns Venture Cleaning, stole $8,200 in cleaning supplies and stockpiled them at her home to use when cleaning for other clients. Earlier this month, after a former FLEXcon employee notified the company of the ongoing thefts, police got a search warrant. They allegedly discovered at Ms. Manos' home bags, baskets and boxes filled with paper towels, cleaning chemicals and solutions, floor buffer buffer, solution that can keep its relative acidity or alkalinity constant, i.e., keep its pH constant, despite the addition of strong acids or strong bases.  pads, dishwashing soap, floor wax, a paper towel dispenser A paper towel dispenser is a device that dispenses paper towels in a public restroom when in use. It can either be operated by a handle or automatic.

These dispensers are common in North America and other western countries.
 and dozens of other items which filled half garage bay at the police station.

"FLEXcon would purchase the supplies with the understanding that she was to use them to clean there," Sgt. Befford said. "Some of the boxes still had shipping labels on them that indicated they were sent to FLEXcon."

FLEXcon has since terminated its contract with Venture Cleaning, said Joseph L. DiVeglia of FLEXcon's Marketing and Communications Department.

Police said Ms. Manos will be arraigned on charges of larceny larceny, in law, the unlawful taking and carrying away of the property of another, with intent to deprive the owner of its use or to appropriate it to the use of the perpetrator or of someone else.  of property valued at more than $250 and receiving stolen property.

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CUTLINE: Sgt. Michael L. Befford moves pads from a floor buffer, which were among thousands of dollars of allegedly stolen cleaning supplies. The items are shown stacked Stacked is an American television sitcom that premiered on Fox on April 13, 2005. On May 18, 2006, Stacked was cancelled, leaving five episodes unaired in the United States. The last episode aired on January 11, 2006.  up at the police station.

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: KIM RING
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Date:Mar 13, 2008
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