A former Grove teacher and cheerleading coordinator has been charged with embezzling more than $8,000 from the high school’s cheerleading fund.
The district attorney’s office in Delaware County filed an embezzlement charge Monday against Michell D. Martin, 53, of Grove.
Martin, who taught English at Grove High School, resigned Oct. 26 after being confronted by Superintendent Sandy Harper about a shortfall of funds collected for the benefit of the school’s varsity cheerleaders.
Grove police were contacted about the matter Oct. 27 and interviewed Martin the next day, according to an affidavit.
The cheerleading coordinator allegedly admitted to police that she had been diverting school funds into “Nationals Cheerleading” or “Cheer Boosters” accounts she had set up at Grand Savings Bank in Grove since 2009.
A police review of bank records determined that she had diverted a total of $5,685 of school funds in 2009 for personal use and an additional $2,585 this year, according to the affidavit.
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