CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Cleveland Police Department employee accused of misusing the police database on crimes was indicted last week.

Jewell Walker, 63, of Garfield Heights, will be arraigned May 31 in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court on charges of tampering with evidence and tampering with records.

She worked in the records section of the police department as a Senior Data Conversion Operator and expunged someone's criminal conviction from the Record Management System database in September, prosecutors said.

She then removed the expungement in March, prosecutor's spokesman Ryan Miday said.

RMS holds the incident reports filed by police officers.

Walker was hired in September 1999 and was paid $37,200 last year and $17,645 in overtime. She was suspended without pay.

The investigation began after a co-worker saw unusual activity and reported it to supervisors. Once the court case is closed, Safety Director Martin Flask will schedule her for a termination hearing.