former spokesman for the Lake Elsinore Unified School District was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of embezzlement, online jail records show.
Authorities began investigating Jose Manuel Carvajal Jr., 30, after school district officials discovered nearly $5,000 missing from a bank account to which Carvajal and other members of the district's administrative team had access.
Investigators said last month that the former employee made 14 unauthorized ATM withdrawals totaling $4,909.54 between Dec. 23, 2010, and Jan. 21, 2011, from the Lake Elsinore Administrators and Professions account at Wells Fargo bank.
According to a court document, Carvajal told investigators that he had a personal account at the bank and was unaware the accounts had been linked.
In November, Carvajal resigned from the school district to take a job as a spokesman for the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District.
Carvajal previously worked as a reporter at The Californian.
Jail records show that Carvajal was released after posting $5,000 bail. He was ordered to appear at the courthouse in French Valley on June 28.
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