WARSAW – Three people identified earlier this week and accused of wrongdoing in the Kosciusko County Community Corrections department have been arrested.

The three include:

• Anna Christine Bailey, 41, 62425 Mulberry Road, South Bend, was charged with obstruction of justice. Bond: $5,250 surety and cash.
• Taylor Alysse Pagan, 23, 2236 E. CR 600S, Warsaw, was booked for escape. Bond: $5,250 surety and cash.
• Steven Paul Gasaway, 28, 101 E. Main St. C205, Syracuse, was booked for public administration-escape. Bond: $5,750 surety and cash.

Authorities had been looking for the three since warrants were issued on Dec. 17.

Bailey resigned as director of the community corrections program several weeks ago, but no reason had been given.

But on Dec. 12, representatives with Community Corrections announced no new participants would enter into the department’s electronic monitoring program for at least 30 days while officials assess operations within the department.

Five days later, court documents were made available chronicling alleged improper activities between Bailey; Pagan, who until recently worked in the department; and Gasaway, an offender who was being monitored with a bracelet.

The investigation started internally after some KCCC employees noticed improper activities.

In court paperwork, authorities contend a corrections officer within the department secretly recorded multiple conversations with Bailey in which she appears to implicate herself in wrongdoing.

According to KCCC records, including GPS records, Gasaway was spending a significant amount of time at Pagan’s residence. This allegedly included overnight visits and occurred during Bailey’s supervision of Gasaway’s case.

Pagan further admitted she had been at Gasaway’s apartment and that Gasaway had been spending the night at her residence on weekends. She refused to answer questions related to the nature of her relationship with Gasaway, court paperwork said.

At a Dec. 12 meeting, Community Corrections officials did not hint at any criminal wrongdoing, but Interim Director Barry Andrew, who took over this month, admitted, “There are a lot of things that we’ve discovered over time that probably weren’t being done the best that they could be.”