A Baltimore Department of Transportation employee arrested and incarcerated for attempted carjacking and second-degree assault was kept on the city payroll and received about $2,000 in paid leave, Baltimore Inspector General Isabel Mercedes Cumming reported today.

The unidentified employee was arrested and jailed last June, pending trial, on six counts related to the failed carjacking.

Over the next month, the employee’s supervisor entered into the Workday database about 103 hours of sick leave available to the employee, leading to the improper $2,000 payout to the jailbird, according to a public synopsis of the investigation.

Cumming said her office found out about the supervisor’s misconduct through a complaint on their hotline.

DOT Director Veronica McBeth confirmed today that the supervisor knew about the employee’s arrest, but “did not report the information to upper management nor to DOT Human Resources as per the Executive Order No. 83110.”

“As a result of this violation, [the supervisor, name redacted] was disciplined,” McBeth told the IG. No additional information was provided, including what discipline was meted out.

McBeth promised that DOT will conduct department-wide training about the city’s arrest policy.

It requires employees to notify a human resources officer within 24 hours of any arrest or conviction of a crime other than a minor traffic violation.

The officer is then expected to inform management of the employee’s arrest or conviction within 72 hours and to promptly hold an informal meeting to determine whether it impairs the employee’s ability to perform their job.

Today’s report comes on the heels of another OIG report of a Baltimore Fire employee who repeatedly failed to report their arrests (for driving under the influence and driving with a suspended license), who nevertheless got more than $13,000 in pay while incarcerated and under house arrest.

The employee was later promoted to a supervisory role in the Fire Department.