ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Ontario County Sheriff’s deputies say a DePaul Community Services employee is facing a felony identity theft charge following an investigation into a Department of Social Services fraud referral.

Investigators say Shatoya L. Heckstall cancelled a client’s SNAP benefits card without permission, requested a new one, and used it to make unauthorized purchases totaling more than $3,700 at stores around Rochester.

Deputies say the thefts occurred while Heckstall was working as a representative payee for the victim.

She was arrested and taken to the Ontario County Jail pending arraignment in Canandaigua Town Court.

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