The former executive director of the Tick Tock Early Learning Center allegedly stole property valued at $3,500 from her former employer, New Garden Township Police said.
In a press release issued Jan. 26, police said Jackie H. Maas, 60, of East Marlborough Township, was charged with theft after a month-long investigation that began in December. Police said representatives from Tick Tock, located in the 1600 block of Baltimore Pike in New Garden Township, contacted authorities after efforts to resolve a dispute amicably with Maas failed.
Police said Maas began an employment separation process with Tick Tock in August. During this process, both parties acknowledged physical property and proceeds belonging to the Tick Tock Early Learning Center in Maas' possession that needed to be returned. The property list included donated funds, which Maas received on behalf of the Tick Tock Early Learning Center post-employment, along with property purchased with grant dollars, police said.
On Wednesday, Jan. 15, investigators executed a search warrant at Maas' residence and recovered the property belonging to the Tick Tock Early Learning Center, police said. The following day, Maas turned herself into police without incident for the following felony charges: theft by deception, theft by unlawful taking and receiving stolen property, police said.
Maas’s attorney, Leonard J. Rivera, said the charges were unfortunate. “This is a big misunderstanding,” he said. “I am confident it will be resolved amicably.”
The Tick Tock Early Learning Center celebrated its 50th anniversary in May. The center has been providing affordable childcare and early childhood education for low-income families in southern Chester County since 1964 when a group of Quaker women started it.
Maas was arraigned in Avondale district court and released on $25,000 unsecured bail, court records said. A preliminary hearing before Magisterial District Judge Matthew Seavey is scheduled for Feb. 20, records said.
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