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Mar 17, 2011

McKinley Tech Grant Theft Investigation Passed Along To Feds

Back in January, we noted that Rick Kelsey, a former teacher at McKinley Technology High School, was charged with stealing $13,000 in laptops from the school. Those laptops are believed to have been purchased with a portion of a $100,000 grant meant to fund the McKinley students’ efforts to teach senior citizens how use the Internet. Now Kelsey — whose defenders couldn’t really get their stories straight before he pleaded guilty to the theft in January — might be in more hot water: the case has now been passed along to the feds.

Jan 14, 2011

Ex-McKinley Teacher Charged With Theft of Grant Money

The Examiner reports that Rick Kelsey, a former teacher at McKinley Technology High School, has been charged with stealing a portion of a $100,000 grant meant to fund the McKinley students’ efforts to teach senior citizens how use the internet. Police arrested Kelsey this morning after a month-long investigation into the grant spending — one teacher who was questioned by school investigators said that it was “the biggest case of fraud, waste, and abuse that…

 
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