NEWARK, Vt. (AP) - A former Vermont principal has pleaded guilty to using school accounts to buy $5,000 worth of merchandise, including an air conditioner, generator and television.
The Caledonian Record reports (https://bit.ly/2o5GUMO) 41-year-old Patrick Ely, of St. Johnsbury, pleaded guilty Monday to embezzlement and petit larceny in exchange for a deferred sentence of several years and 15 days on a work crew. He has to pay back much of the money.
In April 2016, state police seized 29 items from Ely’s home that were purchased using school accounts and a school credit card. A report said items belonging to the school also were found.
Ely resigned as principal of the Newark Street School and from the St. Johnsbury School Board.
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