CLARION, Pa. (EYT) — A Fairmount City woman allegedly recorded a business meeting without permission and is now facing a third-degree felony.

According to court documents, the Clarion Borough Police Department filed criminal charges against 37-year-old Karen Elizabeth Skiba, of Fairmount City.

According to a criminal complaint, on October 6, Officer William Peck, IV, of the Clarion Borough Police Department, was assigned to investigate an incident involving Karen Skiba, an employee of a Clarion business on South 7th Avenue, who allegedly recorded a business meeting on her cellular phone without permission.

The complaint states that Skiba attended a meeting on October 3 with five other known individuals associated with the organization. She allegedly recorded a meeting that was held from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.

After the meeting was over, Skiba talked to her supervisor about the meeting and had an argument about what actually was said. Skiba then allegedly played the recording of the meeting which was on her cellular phone, the complaint indicates.

On October 4, Skiba allegedly admitted that she recorded the meeting; she also said that she deleted it from her phone, the complaint continues.

On October 5, Skiba met with two individuals from the organization; she allegedly admitted three times that she recorded the meeting and said that “she had to do what she had to do to protect herself,” according to the complaint.

On October 19, Officer Peck went to Skiba’s residence and explained the complaint he received in reference to the incident. When he asked Skiba if she recorded the meeting on her cell phone, she replied, “no,” the complaint states.

Based on his investigation, Officer Peck filed a charge of Intercept Communications, a third-degree felony, in Magisterial District Judge Duane L. Quinn office on November 30.

The case is awaiting a preliminary hearing.