Vermont HS Football Coach Embezzles Sweatshirt Money
December 22, 2010 / Football
NECN.com
BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont high school football coach who pleaded guilty to embezzling money he collected for players’ sweat shirts says he expects to be exonerated eventually.
Forty-eight-year-old Steve LaLonde of Bennington pleaded guilty Tuesday. Sentencing is set for next week.LaLonde tells the Bennington Banner the students were not deprived of their sweat shirts and the shirt company was paid. He says he made a mistake by not following proper school procedures.
Police say $1,725 raised for the sweat shirts was put into LaLonde’s account rather than a school activities account.
Court documents say LaLonde told police he’d used some of the money to pay his rent.
LaLonde calls it an unfortunate situation that got blown out of proportion.
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