Monroe County schools' superintendent's misconduct trial begins
From Sunshine Review
August 26, 2009 Suspended Superintendent Randy Acevedo of Monroe County School District in Florida went to trial on August 26, 2009 in front of a six-person jury. [1]
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Acevedo has been charged with three felony counts of misconduct. He allegedly covered up theft by his wife, former Adult Education Coordinator Monique Acevedo. Mrs. Acevedo is charged with four felonies alleging nearly $200,000 in theft of district funds and has a scheduled October trial date.
The trial is before Judge Mark Jones at the Freeman Justice Center in Key West, Florida. The judge said the media coverage of this case would be significant, including a potential radio simulcast and television coverage.
One of the charges against Acevedo results from a meeting with district finance director Kathy Reitzel in October 2007. In this meeting, Reitzel reportedly presented Superintendent Acevedo with a packet of information that detailed his wife's improper spending of the district's funds. Mrs. Acevedo allegedly purchased sunglasses, plane tickets and shoes with a district credit card.
Allegedly, Mr. Acevedo reimbursed the district with his personal checking account for the plane tickets.
Reitzel said that last February she delivered to Acevedo more evidence of roughly $30,000 in illegal credit card purchases made by his wife.
Prosecutors say Acevedo signed a letter in 2008 stating that he knew of no fraud happening in the district. Reitzel signed the document only after stating an addendum that her finance staff was looking over some of Mrs. Acevedo's charges.
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