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Plea deal reached in Leesville Middle embezzlement case

Submitted by KeungHui on 08/27/2009 - 13:12
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The end has apparently come in the Leesville Road Middle School embezzlement case.

Kristie Mitchell, the school's former bookkeeper, got a plea deal earlier this month in which her felony embezzlement charge was reduced to a misdemeanor willful failure to discharge duties. She got a 45-day suspended sentence and a year of probation.

At one point, she was charged with stealing nearly $21,000 from money parents deposited for field trips, athletic events and other school activities. She gave a check of $7,000 to the school system to cover the amount that school officials say "they were able to fully document."'

UPDATE

School officials say the money was returned to the school. 

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Easy come easy go

Sat, 08/29/2009 - 23:53 — SDR256

No one is tracking any of the cash flowing into WCPSS. 80% of our property taxes goes to WCPSS - no problem ..........until you realize that $5Million is spent on PR, $150Million on "extra funds", $17 Million on busing...easy come, easy go. What about those 1500 teachers who were let go this year and the fat cats at the top who were untouched? This woman was just responding to the culture she saw around her - parents' money is free for the taking.

Its time to fix this bloodletting of resource. Please Vote October 6!

Why weren't they able to

Fri, 08/28/2009 - 21:24 — klanders65

Why weren't they able to document the funds?

I believe the money goes

Fri, 08/28/2009 - 10:28 — KeungHui (author)

I believe the money goes back into the district's pot. Arguably the district has a good claim because they helped cover the school's budget when the money went missing.

Mr. Hui?

Fri, 08/28/2009 - 09:25 — AngelaW

what are the chances of that money actually going back to the Middle school rather than the WCPSS' pot?

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T. Keung Hui covers Wake schools.
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