Former Stockton schools leader accused of misusing district credit card is due in court
ALL RIGHT. THANKS SO MUCH BRIAN. HAPPENING TODAY. STOCKTON SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER IS DUE IN COURT FOR ARRAIGNMENT ON CHARGES OF USING THE DISTRICT’S MONEY AND CREDIT CARDS FOR HER OWN PERSONAL USE, BUT THESE ARE CHARGES HER ATTORNEY IS CALLING A POLITICAL RETALIATION FOR HER FIGHTING CORRUPTION. KCRA 3’S MIKE TESELLE LIVE IN STOCKTON NOW WITH MORE ON WHAT’S EXPECTED TO HAPPEN TODAY. MIKE. WE ARE STANDING RIGHT OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE, THE SUPERIOR COURTHOUSE HERE IN DOWNTOWN STOCKTON, AND THIS IS WHERE THAT ELECTED SCHOOL LEADER COULD POTENTIALLY ENTER A PLEA IF SHE OR HER ATTORNEY DESIRES TO DO SO. THE FOCUS OF ALL OF THIS, AGAIN, IS ON ANGEL AND FLORES, THE FORMER SCHOOL BOARD LEADER. PRESIDENT, I SHOULD SAY THE ARRAIGNMENT TODAY. COMING AS SHE WAS ARRESTED ON MULTIPLE CRIMINAL CHARGES. BY THE WAY, THIS IS VIDEO FROM PREVIOUS INTERVIEWS WE DID WITH HER HERE ON KCRA THREE. BUT LAST MONTH THIS FORMER SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT WAS ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF GRAND THEFT, EMBEZZLEMENT AND MISUSING THE DISTRICT’S CREDIT CARD, AS WELL AS INSURANCE FRAUD. OFFICIALS CALLING FLORES NONCOMPLIANT SCIENCE TO THE DISTRICT’S CREDIT CARD POLICY, QUOTE, INTENT EGREGIOUS AND CLEARLY FOR PERSONAL GAIN. THE ARRAIGNMENT SET FOR THIS AFTERNOON HERE AT 1:30 P.M. AND AS WE COME BACK OUT HERE, THESE CASE, BY THE WAY, DATES BACK TO LAST APRIL WHEN ANOTHER SCHOOL OFFICIAL NOTIFIED LAW ENFORCEMENT ABOUT CONCERNS WITH THIS ELECTED LEADER. HER ATTORNEY HAS SINCE CALLED THIS INVESTIGATION, QUOTE, POLITICAL RETRIBUTION, AS HER ATTORNEY SAYS, FLORES HAS ACTUALLY BEEN THE ONE WHO’S BEEN FIGHTING AND VOICING CONCERN ABOUT CORRUPTION WITHIN THE STOCKTON SCHOOL DISTRICT. AGAIN, EXPECTED TO BE BACK IN COURT HERE THIS AFTERNOON AT THE SUPERIOR COURTHOUSE IN STOCKTON, MIKE TESELLE. KCRA THREE NEWS. ALL RIGHT, MIKE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT LIVE REPORT. INVESTIGATORS ALSO POINTED OUT THAT AN ANALYSIS WAS DONE ON ALL OF THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS CREDIT
Former Stockton schools leader accused of misusing district credit card is due in court
Former Stockton Unified School District Board President AngelAnn Flores is set to be arraigned on charges of misusing public funds during a courtroom arraignment on Monday afternoon.Flores is facing criminal accusations of theft of public funds, grand theft of money exceeding $950, embezzlement by a public official and insurance fraud.In a statement responding to the allegations, Flores’ attorney, Tori Verber Salazar, called Flores “the victim of political retaliation and is paying the price for raising her voice fight(ing) corruption and for the well-being of Stockton Unified students.”| Dig Deeper | Read the criminal complaint against AngelAnn Flores here.Flores was arrested in mid-April.Among the allegations, Flores was accused of misusing public funds involving the use of a district credit card.At that time, officials found Flores’ non-compliance to the district’s credit card policy was “intentional, egregious and clearly for personal gain.” Flores’s arraignment is set for 1:30 p.m. in the Superior Court of California, County of San Joaquin.A state audit of the school district revealed the mishandling of funds over several years.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app.
Former Stockton Unified School District Board President AngelAnn Flores is set to be arraigned on charges of misusing public funds during a courtroom arraignment on Monday afternoon.
Flores is facing criminal accusations of theft of public funds, grand theft of money exceeding $950, embezzlement by a public official and insurance fraud.
In a statement responding to the allegations, Flores’ attorney, Tori Verber Salazar, called Flores “the victim of political retaliation and is paying the price for raising her voice fight(ing) corruption and for the well-being of Stockton Unified students.”
| Dig Deeper | Read the criminal complaint against AngelAnn Flores here.
Flores was arrested in mid-April.
Among the allegations, Flores was accused of misusing public funds involving the use of a district credit card.
At that time, officials found Flores’ non-compliance to the district’s credit card policy was “intentional, egregious and clearly for personal gain.”
Flores’s arraignment is set for 1:30 p.m. in the Superior Court of California, County of San Joaquin.
A state audit of the school district revealed the mishandling of funds over several years.
See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app.
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