Cerron Cade, the former state budget director, faced problems with his hiring as Wilmington Mayor John Carney’s chief of staff after he was arrested last month for shoplifting. He settled his criminal case in court on Wednesday.
Cade, 41, pleaded guilty to taking items from the Home Depot in Wilmington. He was given probation instead of a harsher sentence in Delaware’s Court of Common Pleas.
He was placed on probation for a year, required to get a mental health evaluation and any needed care, and had to pay Home Depot $394.32 for the stolen items. When he finishes that term, the other five shoplifting charges will be dismissed. The thefts happened throughout 3 and a half months and ended in October…