jane savastano is on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation. police say she stole nearly $600 worth of merchandise from macy' s at the mall at rockingham park during her lunch break on friday. >> we were all shocked. disappointed. we feel for her and her family at this time. we need to do what is right for the organization, the community, and the taxpayers. s finance director since 2005, but town. another employee is now serving sean: the state supreme court is set to rule on the appeal of a new durham woman accused of starving a little boy living in her home. christina thomas is serving 10-30 years in prison. prosecutors say she withheld food from the boy and sometimes forced him tuesday in a dog cage in her basement. he was later adopted by another family. erin: the nevada republican caucuses are today and donald trump is the heavy favorite to pick up a third win in a row. the battle for second place is ramping up between ted cruz and marco rubio. kenneth: it is caucus time in nevada. overnight, gop front runner the billionaire is banking on

jane savastano is on paid administrative leave. she stole nearly $600 worth of merchandise from macy' s at the mall at rockingham park during her lunch break on friday. >> devastating news. we are all shocked and disappointed. we feel for her and her family at this time. we need to do what is right for the community and the taxpayers. erin: she has been salem' s finance director since 2005, but does not write checks for the town. salem will launch a forensic sean: the state supreme court is set to rule on the appeal of a durham woman accused of starving a little boy living in her home. christina thomas is serving 10-30 years in prison for her conviction on first-degree assault. she held -- without food from her boy and sometimes forced him to stay in a dog cage in her house. he was later adopted by another family. erin: the nevada republican caucuses are today and donald trump is the heavy favorite to pick up a third win in a row. the battle for second between ted cruz of marco rubio is ramping up. democrats are focused on this wee

police say that jane savastano was caught with nearly a dozen items take friend the mall at rockingham park. jean: heather hamel is live now with more on how the town is tonight moving to check its own accounts just in case. reporter: you the items that she allegedly stole totaled about $600, and news of her arrest really did shock the town manager and he says it prompted him to start an investigation of his own. >> devastating. it's not news you want to get on a friday afternoon. reporter: the town administrator is talking about the call he received about jane savastano, the town finance director. goodwin says she was an her lunch break when police arrested her and charged her with shoplifting, she was caught outside the macy's at rockingham park, with nearly a dozen items >> we moved swiftly to place her on leave. >> she's not available. reporter: do you have anything you'd like to say? according to the town manager, savastano has been the finance director since april 2005 and makes approximately $118 a year. goodwin says to his knowledge she's always been a good employee. she manage

jane savastano has worked as the finance director in salem for more than a decade, and just to be safe they are now taking a close look at their books. police say savastano walked out of the macy's friday with eleven items totaling just under $600, according to the town manager savastano has always been a good employee and she makes more than $118,000 a year. he says no one expected something like this and given her role as the town's finance director they will be doing a forensic audit just to be safe. >> we feel for her and her family, it's time, but again we need to do what's right for the organization and the community, the taxpayers. and we need to protect our trust. reporter: we stopped by savastano's home, her husband said they have no comment. she's out on bail with a court date in april. heather hamel, wmur news 9. jennifer: new tonight after its second propane emergency in two months, liberty utilities says it cannot guarantee the problem they have put into place a new monitoring system to respond quickly and now say they may move up their timeline to switch from propane to n

jane savastano was placed on paid administrative leave and released on $1000 bail. she' s been serving as salem' s finance director since 2005, earning about $118,000 a year monitoring revenue and spending but not writing checks for the town. launch a forensic audit looking into town accounts. the town manager says fellow employees are stunned by the arrest. >> devastating news, we' re all shocked, disappointed. we feel for her and her family at this time, but again, we need to do what' s right for the organization, the community, the taxpayer. jean: a fellow employee is stepping in as acting finance director during the investigation. live in the newsroom, jean mackin, wmur news 9. tom: two manchester now, this man is facing burglary charges after a homeowner tackled him. manchester police say the homeowner found tobiah scott hiding in his basement on notre dame avenue last night. scott allegedly tried to escape but the owner tried to stop him from leaving. arriving officers found the two wrestling. in keene, the internet crimes against children unit looking into a

jane savastano was arrested for shoplifting friday during her lunch break. police say she left the macy's of items she didn't pay for. the town is launching an internal investigation to review its own accounts and has hired outside prosecutors to handle savastano's case. she's been on the job since 2005. 5 on the opioid crisis. the drug overdose epidemic taking center stage in washington. governors of all 50 states are endorsing a plan to boost prescription drug monitoring programs nationally. the national standards would limit the supply of painkillers being handed out to the public. president obama has expressed skepticism about limiting opiate prescriptions. emily: a bill to legalize marijuana is moving forward in vermont. a senate committee approved the bill on monday, and it now heads for a vote in the full senate. the law would allow possession of up to an ounce of marijuana. it would also create a controlled system for growing and selling it. governor peter shumlin says he strongly supports the measure. still ahead this morning, saying "thank you" to