STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) - Three former Connecticut school district employees accused of involvement in a school lunch money scandal could go to trial.
Bruce Gluck, former director of food services for the New Canaan School District, rejected a judge’s offer to reduce his charge in exchange for his pension and restitution payments.
The offer would have allowed the charge to be reduced to second-degree larceny, which carries a maximum 10-year sentence, Senior Assistant State’s Attorney Joseph Valdes said.
Investigators say that over a five-year period, nearly $500,000 was taken from the school cafeteria.
Two other former New Canaan School District employees, Joanne Pascarelli and Marie Wilson, were made the same offer as Gluck’s, The Hour reports. Attorneys for them say they have not reached a decision.
“As I stated from the beginning of this case, the buck stops with Gluck,” Pascarelli’s attorney Darnell Crosland said. “After Gluck was arrested, my client is one step closer to being exonerated.”
“We are still investigating and going through the discovery process,” Wilson’s attorney Mark Sherman said.
No date has been set for trial.
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