A Chillicothe woman is charged with 20 counts of felony stealing from a local plastics plant.

The charges allege that 52-year-old Candace McLuckie embezzled approximately $387,524 dollars from the Sonoco Plastics plant in Chillicothe.

She was hired in 2002 when the plant was called Associated Packaging Technology as the Human Resources Manager. She was heavily involved in payroll at that time.

The plant changed owners in 2010 and outsourced payroll and tax reporting to a third party. A transfer of information to the new companies payroll system revealed the fraudulent activity. Her first court appearance is scheduled for next Wednesday in Livingston County.