Audit details nearly $175,000 stolen by former Lucas Co. court e

A state audit released Thursday details a theft of almost $175,000 by a former employee of the Lucas County Clerk of Courts office, who was sentenced last week to jail time for theft in office.

The audit of Lucas County also notes that an ongoing investigation by the Auditor of State’s Public Integrity Assurance Team could lead to additional findings against former Deputy Clerk Amirra Itawi in a future audit.

Itawi pleaded no contest to a third-degree felony theft in office charge on April 30. She was sentenced on June 20 to three years of probation beginning with a year split between jail and a substance abuse treatment facility in Toledo. She could spend 30 months in prison if she violates the terms of her probation.

An internal audit of the…