A former Tulsa Public Schools athletic director entered a guilty plea Thursday morning during her appearance in a federal court room on charges of embezzlement.
Stephanie Spring appeared before a judge Thursday during a pre-trial hearing. There she entered a "guilty" plea to charges that she took money for the rental of school facilities in Tulsa instead of putting it in the school's fund.
Back in November of 2011, Spring was suspended from her athletic director position along with her assistant athletic directors Jon Wheeler and Trish Pruitt. Federal investigators stepped into the case last year as the embezzlement case continued.
Following Springs guilty plea, TPS sent out a release:
"We are pleased that Ms. Spring has chosen to plead guilty in federal court today. These are dollars that should have gone into the District's general fund, and were instead diverted and used by Ms. Spring to enrich herself. Her actions clearly caused harm to TPS students and damaged the reputation of our district."
In the release, officials added that they were disappointed at the way Spring's treated her responsibility as athletic director. They also approved of her acknowledgement of violating the "public trust."
"Our thanks to the U.S. Attorney's office for their diligence and hard work. We are appreciative of the many hours that have gone into the investigation of this case, as well as the fine work of the TPS Police
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