A Chehalis woman convicted last month for stealing $3,380 from Walmart while she was employed there between June and August is now facing new charges in Lewis County Superior Court for allegedly failing to serve her jail sentence and for allegedly stealing approximately $59,000 from Twin Cities Licensing between 2021 and 2022.
The woman, identified as Jammie Lynn White, 36, was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail at 8:15 a.m. on Dec. 1, according to jail records.
She was convicted of second-degree theft in Lewis County Superior Court on Nov. 4 for stealing money from Walmart cash registers repeatedly between June 18 and Aug. 5, 2023, according to court documents. White, a Walmart employee at the time of the thefts, reportedly stole the money by concealing it under the till using paper and then grabbing the concealed money when she left the register.
As part of her sentence, White was ordered to enroll in electronic home monitoring or report to the Lewis County Jail by 4 p.m. on Nov. 7 for a 30-day sentence, according to court documents. She reportedly failed to qualify for electronic home monitoring and allegedly failed to report to the Lewis County Jail by the deadline. The court issued a $50,000 warrant for her arrest on a first-degree escape charge on Nov. 27.
That same day, the Lewis County Superior Court also issued a $50,000 warrant for White’s arrest on a separate theft case. In that case, White is accused of stealing approximately $59,000 total from Twin Cities Licensing from December 2021 to October 2022 by making checks out to herself and forging the business manager’s name and signature on the checks, according to court documents.
White was reportedly a manager at Twin Cities Licensing with access to the business’s accounting software at the time of the thefts.
White was reportedly fired from Twin Cities Licensing in July 2022, but allegedly continued paying her personal bills with the business’ account through October 2022, according to court documents.
“Jammie was not ever on the business account nor was she previously given access to the account,” according to court documents.
A Twin Cities Licensing employee reportedly discovered the thefts after noticing “suspicious banking transactions and discrepancies in the daily deposits,” according to court documents. The business reported the fraud to the Centralia Police Department, which conducted the investigation, in October 2022.
White was charged Nov. 27 with one count of first-degree theft, four counts of second-degree theft, and five counts of forgery.
Bail is set at $10,000 for the new theft case and at $50,000 for the escape case, for a total of $60,000 bail White would have to post to be released from jail.
She is currently in custody on a no-bail hold for the old theft case she was convicted on in November. That hold will remain in effect until the end of her 30-day sentence.
Arraignment on the two new cases is scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 7.
