Former Fontana school administrator admits embezzlement in California

FROM http://www.contracostatimes.com/   -

A former administrator for the Fontana Unified School District pleaded no contest this week to embezzling about $8,500 from the district.

Shawn Kingsley, former director of maintenance and operations, entered his plea to a misdemeanor count of embezzlement Thursday in Fontana Superior Court.
Kingsley, 56, of Fontana, was sentenced by Judge Phillip Morris to 45 days in jail and was placed on probation for three years, according to court records.
Kingsley was charged in January after a Fontana police investigation revealed evidence that he took about $8,500 generated through sales of the district's scrap metal.
According to a police report in Kingsley's court file, he used the embezzled money for personal expenses, including donations to his church, Cross Pointe Community Church in Fontana.
Kingsley's embezzlement reportedly began in 2007, when he was named director of maintenance and operations, and continued until November 2010, when police received a tip about the embezzlement from a district employee.
Kingsley, a district employee of 28 years, was initially placed on administrative leave. He later resigned.
Judge Morris ordered Kingsley to report to Glen Helen Rehabilitation Center in Devore by Oct. 14 to begin serving his jail sentence, which he is eligible to complete through a work-release program, according to court records.
Kingsley must finish serving his jail sentence by April 14.