FORMER STATE EMPLOYEE CHARGED WITH FELONY THEFT

Attorney General J. Joseph Curran, Jr. announced today that Kimberley Lyn Cudanin, age 28, a resident of Baltimore, was charged on November 8, 2002, in Baltimore City Circuit Court with the crime of felony theft. The criminal information alleges that from on or about December 4, 1998 and continuing until on or about September 5, 2000, Kimberley Cudanin stole approximately $24,595 from Advanced Trauma Life Support, a continuing education program taught at the University of Maryland teaching facility. No trial date has been set.

The pending cases will be prosecuted by the Criminal Investigations Division of the Maryland Attorney General’s Office. While a criminal information or charge is merely an accusation of wrongdoing and every individual is presumed innocent unless the State proves the charges beyond a reasonable doubt, felony theft is punishable by a maximum sentence of 15 years or a fine of $1,000, or both.

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