Menomonee falls money thefts of cost cutters; West Bend woman accused

Menomonee Falls, WIS. – – A 25-year-old woman from West Bend is accused of stealing more than $ 5,000 in cash from a Menomonee Falls business in which she worked. The accused is Jada Ovalle and she is made a single charges for theft business.

“Theft of employees” matter “

What we know:

According to the criminal complaint, a police officer from Menomonee Falls was sent on Monday morning, February 17, to return a call from the owners of cost cutters in the Appleton Avenue. The call affects a matter of the employees who was connected to the accused Ovalle, which was hired as a hairdresser in February 2022.

When the owners spoke to the officer, they said that they “found that an employee took money out of the cash register while she was at work at cost cutters,” the complaint said. The owners said they had discovered the theft on Saturday, February 15th. , the transaction could not find anywhere in the transaction system of the business, “said the complaint. The discrepancy led money with its hands and put it in the pocket instead of the cash register.

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After the owners had recognized what happened, the complaint said that they had checked all cash transactions carried out by Ovall in the past two weeks – from February 4 and 12, Ovalle stuck cash instead of putting money into the cash register.

According to the criminal complaint, the owners informed the investigators that they had received a new sales system in their business in July 2024. They were able to check the transactions so far back. When they checked Ovalles Cash transactions, they discovered money transactions between July 22, 2024 and January 31, 2025 229. Because the transactions were actually canceled, “the complaint says.

“… admitted that she committed cash thefts”

What we know:

The police interviewed Ovalle in their apartment on Tuesday, February 18. The criminal complaint said that she had admitted that she committed in Menomonee Falls of cash from cash from the cash register at her place of work. And took money to pay bills. “

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Ovalle later made a written explanation in which “around 239 cash thefts were committed between July 2024 and February 2025,” the complaint said. Ovalle “admitted that every time there was a money transaction, they would keep the money to themselves and cancel the transaction,” the complaint said. The officials said that Ovalle “showed regulation regulation and stated that she would do what she had to do to repay the business,” the complaint said.

What's next:

Ovalle competed on Wednesday, February 19, in front of the County Court in front of the County Court in Waukesha. The court ordered a signature bond of 10,000 US dollars.

Ovalle will be due to a preliminary hearing in court on March 19.

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