Lockwood is a terrible company to work for!! The gear is crap, you have to share it and people steal. HR IS TERRIBLE ZERO STARS!!!! They got mad at me for getting Covid… when they were forcing us all to keep working in-person during lockdown. One employee tried to physically fight me over breaking news. I was sexually harassed daily by the photographer and a m a in the sales department. Racism and bullying in the newsroom made the work culture unbearable. The place is rotten and toxic and it stems from the top down. It’s the worst station in the market for a reason. They sold me (tricked me) on the job by saying all the management was new and they were going to turn it around… but it’s all lies. (Even at my higher paying job in a better market now) I got paid 26,000 a year to work harder than I’ve ever worked in my entire life. Sexual Harassment, Racial Discrimination, Sexual Discrimination, An Overall Toxic Work Environment This is just one more example of someone who thought they could outsmart law enforcement, but instead face time behind bars.While working for WJCL this person experienced: Ohio Auditor of State Keith Faber, stated, “Prosecutor Blackburn and SIU have a strong track record of working together to ensure justice is served when public officials lie, cheat, or steal from Ohio’s taxpayers. If convicted, she will face mandatory prison time.” Blackburn, stated, “Rickard is accused of violating the public trust to live an extravagant lifestyle from funds designated to helping people with the basic necessity of housing.

In addition to paying off her mortgage, it is reported that Rickard took numerous vacations, spending large sums of money during those vacations, installed an in-ground pool, and purchased numerous other material items.Īthens County Prosecuting Attorney, Keller J.

An additional check was written by Rickard for $16,000.00 to Discover in December of 2022, but payment was stopped before the check cleared. The expenditures by Jodi Rickard are alleged to include payments for her personal benefit made to Discover – 72 checks totaling $1,286,659.00 Capital One – 28 checks totaling $261,708.00 and WesBanco – 1 check totaling $34,000.00 used to pay off her mortgage. The indictment also contains a forfeiture specification of real property due to Rickard using AMHA funds to pay off her mortgage. The total theft is alleged to be over $1,500,000.00 and to have taken place from January 1, 2015, through December 9, 2022. Rickard, while employed by AMHA, is accused of engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity to steal for personal use. The investigation was led by the Auditor of State following an anonymous tip regarding theft from the Athens Metropolitan Housing Authority. On Monday, Jodi Rickard, 57, of Albany, was indicted by an Athens County Grand Jury for engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, theft in office, aggravated theft of one million five hundred thousand dollars or more, telecommunications fraud, tampering with evidence and tampering with records.

ATHENS, Ohio (WSAZ) – A woman has been arrested on charges related to the theft of more than $1,500,000 from the Athens Metropolitan Housing Authority.

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