Bar tabs, rent, vacation and gift cards. Those are just some of the things three state workers are accused of spending your taxpayer dollars on.   

The state inspector general says 42-year-old Marrion Arrington used her state-issued credit card to pay her rent and rent a car, totaling more than $2,800. Arrington worked for the State Health Department.   

Another former health department staffer, Barbara Tyson, is accused of using her state-credit card to pay for a storage unit and three bar tabs.   

Bridget Noradki worked for the office for people with developmental disabilities. She is accused of using her state credit card to buy gas and a $100 gift card.  

All face various larceny charges.

SARATOGA SPRINGS - State police are releasing the results of a distracted driving crackdown done in Saratoga County this weekend. Forty-one tickets were issued to drivers over a 5 hour period. Twenty-three of those drivers used a hand-held cell phone while driving.

Five motorists were ticketed for texting while driving.

The crackdown was done as part of "Operation Hang Up", a project meant to reduce traffic crashes caused by distracted driving.

Warren County Sheriff’s officers worked with the State Liquor Authority last Friday for a sting that enforced and prohibited the sale of alcohol to minors.

Two arrests were made after two volunteer minors were used in the sting operation. The minors were told to attempt to purchase alcohol from area retailers and bars.

Joel R. Norton of Warrensburg was arrested after he voluntarily purchased alcohol for one of the minors. He was charged with a misdemeanor of prohibited sale of alcohol to a minor in the alcohol beverage control law.

Lynette M. Post of Corinth was arrested for the prohibited sale of alcohol to a minor. Post works at CB’s Spirits on River Street in Warrensburg. Both people arrested were given appearance dates at Warrensburg Court.