A Seattle Times newsroom employee has been caught stealing more than $50,000 worth of books, DVDs and CDs meant for a Seattle Times charity fund, but no charges have been filed.

In June, an acquaintance of the Times employee contacted the paper and told them the employee had been "intercept[ing] the books as they come into the mail room," taking them out of the Times' building and storing them at his home until he had 18-20 full boxes of books, which he would then take and resell at Powell's bookstore in Portland.

Police documents say the books, cds, and DVDs—review copies sent to the Times—were meant to be sold to benefit the Seattle Times Fund for the Needy. The Seattle Times also has an internal policy which prohibits employees from reselling books intended for review.

The employee—who has been a newsroom assistant since 1978, according to police records—had apparently been pulling off his scam for nearly three years.

Seattle Times Executive editor David Boardman did his own investigation into the theft before contacting police, according to SPD documents, and found that Powell's records indicated that had paid out more than $52,500 to the employee and his associates since 2008.

During his visits to Powell's, the employee allegedly told store staff he "is a book reviewer at the Times."

Detectives contacted the suspect at his home in June where he declined to be interviewed, but showed police 13 boxes of stolen books, DVDs and CDs in his basement.

Despite the large scale theft and financial loss suffered by the Times' charity fund, the Times has requested that no charges be filed.

The Seattle Times, as well as the employee, could not be reached for comment.