Former LaBamba worker pleads innocent to taking funds

CHAMPAIGN – Police are continuing to investigate a woman accused of stealing from a Champaign restaurant chain where she worked.

Jean Shaffer, 21, of Mahomet, is due to return to court July 29 for a pretrial hearing on a charge of felony theft between $10,000 and $100,000. She was arraigned and pleaded innocent to the charge June 5.

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