A former UC Davis employee has pleaded no contest in a case of identity theft that police say occurred in the Social Sciences and Humanities Building.

Kathleen Frazer entered the plea on March 30 under terms of an agreement whereby the Sacramento County District Attorney's Office recommended no prison time and a maximum 120 days in county jail, said Lana Wyant, special assistant deputy district attorney.

Sentencing is set for April 27. The judge also can consider ordering restitution.

University police said Frazer, 47, of Elk Grove, stole personal identifying information from three co-workers, then made purchases with credit that she secured with the stolen information.

"We don't believe the identity theft was any more widespread than what we arrested her on," said Lt. Nader Oweis, spokesman for university police.

He said Sacramento County prosecuted the case because that is where Frazer made her fraudulent purchases of mattresses, televisions and two fish tanks for her home.

Frazer worked at UC Davis from February 1997 to March of this year. Her booking sheet gives an alias of Kathleen Rosano, whose listing in the 2005-06 university directory notes that she worked as an academic personnel analyst in the College of Letters and Science.

She was arrested in her UC office on Jan. 26 on a felony charge of methamphetamine possession, which police said they found in her purse while conducting a search on a matter unrelated to narcotics. The Yolo County District Attorney's Office said Monday that Frazer had not yet entered a plea; a prehearing conference was set for Wednesday of this week.

On March 22, Frazer surrendered to university police after they secured a warrant charging her with identity theft and credit card fraud. Wyant said her office decided to prosecute Frazer on 11 felony counts.

The district attorney's office dismissed nine counts in return for Frazer's no contest plea to using someone else's identifying information, and using a credit card with knowledge that it was forged, expired or revoked.

After her arrest, Frazer secured her release by posting a $10,000 bond. As of Tuesday, she was still in Sacramento County Jail, held in lieu of $50,000 bail.