This is hardly the lunch lady of Adam Sandler lore.
A former Rialto, Calif., school district accountant with access to kids’ lunch money was reportedly captured on video stuffing her bra with bills and charged with ultimately racking up $1.8 million of stolen food fees over the span of eight years.
San Bernardino County prosecutors filed 16 felony counts, from embezzlement to falsifying records, against Judith Oakes, 48, CBS reported. She was initially arrested in August and released on $50,000 bond.
Ms. Oakes is now due for an arraignment hearing on Thursday.
She was responsible for depositing the students’ lunch money into the school’s bank account. School officials because suspicious when they noticed the account balance seemed a little low — by about $3.1 million. Ms. Oakes is suspected of being responsible for about a third of that, CBS said.
If found guilty, Ms. Oakes could be sentenced to 11 years in prison.
• Cheryl K. Chumley can be reached at cchumley@washingtontimes.com.
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