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Former Ohio school worker pleads to stealing bus passes
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A former employee of an Ohio school district has pleaded guilty to stealing bus passes meant for low-income students.
The Columbus Dispatch reports that 63-year-old Mary Cockrell entered the plea Thursday to a felony count of theft in office. She paid $6,200 in restitution and was sentenced to time served.
Cockrell worked for the transportation department of Columbus City Schools in March 2017 when she took a bundle of 100 Central Ohio Transit Authority bus passes.
Columbus police and the Ohio auditor’s office investigated after discovering that the monthly passes were being advertised online at a discount. They found that the passes were being sold by Jason Morris, who was dating Cockrell’s daughter. Morris pleaded guilty Thursday to a charge of receiving stolen property.
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Information from: The Columbus Dispatch, http://www.dispatch.com
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