An Orlando Police Department patrol officer has been charged with grand theft.

  • Officer Laurin Gantt is on paid leave
  • Internal investigation was launched last year
  • She's accused of submitting false work hours

Officer Laurin Gantt was charged with scheme to defraud and grand theft on Friday, according to Sgt. Eduardo Bernal in a news release.

Gantt, who has been with the patrol division since 2012, has been relieved of duty with pay, which is standard procedure, Bernal said.

According to a charging affidavit, an internal investigation was launched when a supervisor suspected Gantt was clocking in and out for time not worked. The suspicious entries into the electronic clock-in system happened in the middle of 2017, and there were other suspicious swipes of her access card, the affidavit said.

The case is being prosecuted by the Ninth Judicial Circuit.