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RACINE COUNTY — A former Racine County Jail corrections officer is accused of stealing money from an inmate’s account.

Arnold Silva, 27, of the 1500 block of Carlisle Avenue, Racine, is facing a felony charge of misconduct in public office, which can carry a sentence from six months to three years, and a count of misdemeanor theft.

According to the criminal complaint:

An investigator with the Racine County Sheriff’s Office was asked to investigate the alleged theft of money from an inmate, who reported that when he was returned to prison from the County Jail he was not given a check for the $62.70 remaining in his account.

The investigator found that Silva, who had been a corrections officer at the jail, had placed the money from the account on a debit card on March 27. The debit card was used at a BP gas station on March 28, the Walmart Neighborhood Market on March 30, a Kwik-Trip on March 31 and a Metro PCS store on April 3.

Investigators reviewed security footage from the Walmart Neighborhood Market in Mount Pleasant and identified Silva as the person in the video.