Investigators say Lamberson stole 28 cell phones and Blackberrys and sold them to eight other city employees, family and friends. In fact, police charge that Lamberson was paid on a monthly basis for the phones, and each one was used extensively.
The unauthorized use cost the city $30,000, investigators say, but if it had not been for the city's discounted rate, the cost would have topped nearly $135,000.
Once authorities began their investigation, Lamberson is acused of telling those with the illegal phones to deny any knowledge of them and to throw them away.
