NORWICH – The case against accused felon Shawna Franklin was dismissed in county court Tuesday after a key witness for the prosecution was unavailable to testify.

Franklin, 27, of Oxford, was indicted by a Chenango County grand jury in October of 2010, charged with third degree grand larceny – a class D felony – as well as first and second degree falsifying business records, an E felony and class A misdemeanor, respectively.

According to the indictment, Franklin, as a store manager at the Village of Oxford Quickway, had stolen more than $22,000 from her employer between Aug. 5 and Aug. 23. The indictment went on to state that she made “numerous false entries in various business documents” in an effort to conceal the alleged crime.