Charles Ewald, the former assistant director of the department, will be sentenced in September, his attorney said.
A former assistant director of Montgomery County Public Schools’ transportation department pleaded guilty Thursday to felony theft scheme that exceeded $100,000 and misconduct in office.
The former employee, Charles Ewald, was fired from his position in the school system in February 2022, according to a report from afinancial improprieties in the transportation department. The department’s former director, Todd Watkins, was also placed on leave at the time and later resigned.There were few details about the case shared Thursday. A sentencing hearing is scheduled in September and more information will be shared then, said Kush Arora, Ewald’s attorney.
“Mr. Ewald accepted responsibility for his part in this event very early on in the investigation,” Arora said. “He and his family look forward to moving forward from this incident.”Advertisement The report from the Montgomery County inspector general found that some employees in the school system’s transportation department frequently misused county-issued purchasing cards, including more than $133,000 in prohibited purchases made by Ewald. It did not name Ewald directly in the report, but noted he had been placed on leave.
The school system has previously said it has retrained all of its transportation employees on how to use purchasing cards. It has also decreased purchasing card limits and deactivated cards that have unapproved purchased beyond 45 days.
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