A prison warden has landed himself in trouble after he was caught on camera stealing from an unsuspecting woman.
Henry Baraza was caught on camera pickpocketing a mobile phone from a woman in a famous night club at the wee hours of Sunday in Wote town.
The prison warden attached to Makueni main prison will spend the night in Makueni police cells.
According to the CCTV footage, Baraza meets the woman at around 3a.m at a corridor in the club.
He is seen pretending to be speaking on the phone while the woman is finding her way outside.
He changes his phone from his right hand to the left and grabs the woman’s phone from her pocket.
The woman who is seen holding a bottle of alcohol struggles with him trying to retrieve her phone.
According to Club manager Onesmus Musyoki the incident attracted commotion when the officer threatened them.
"The officer issued threats and we referred to the CCTV footage which showed how he tried to steal the phone unsuccessfully. The phone was recovered at the scene," he mentioned.
Makueni District Criminal Investigations Officer (DCIO) , Nehemiah Bitok, stated that the officer will be arraigned in court on Monday.