NJ elementary school principal accused of stealing over $700 from district

Published: Mar 05, 2024 Duration: 00:02:05 Category: News & Politics

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>> NOW, THE DETAILS HERE AT 530. AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL IN EVESHAM TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY, IS FACING ACCUSATIONS OF STEALING MONEY FROM HER SCHOOL. POLICE SAY SHE TOOK SEVERAL HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS FROM THE SCHOOL'S MAIN OFFICE. NEW JERSEY CORRESPONDENT TRISH HARTMAN LIVE FOR US NOW IN MARLTON. TONIGHT WITH MORE ON THIS STORY AND THE INVESTIGATION. TRISH WELL, SHARI, PARENTS WERE SHOCKED. >> SEVERAL SAID THEY FOUND OUT FROM THEIR KIDS YESTERDAY. POLICE SAY THE PRINCIPAL STOLE MORE THAN $700 FROM THE SCHOOL. SHE IS NOW ON LEAVE. >> MY SON CAME HOME YESTERDAY. ALL THE KIDS WERE TALKING ABOUT IT. >> NICOLE MERTZ FOUND OUT THE NEWS FROM HER SON, WHO ATTENDS HELEN L BEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN MARLTON. HIS PRINCIPAL WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH STEALING. >> I THINK THERE'S MORE TO THE STORY, I REALLY DO. I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY FOUND OUT. THEY ONLY RELEASED SOME INFORMATION, SO THERE'S A LOT MORE. >> I THINK EVESHAM TOWNSHIP POLICE WERE CONTACTED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SAYING THAT MORE THAN $700 HAD BEEN STOLEN FROM THE SCHOOL'S MAIN OFFICE IN LATE FEBRUARY. THE MONEY REPORTEDLY BELONGED TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. POLICE SAY THEY CONDUCTED AN EXTENSIVE INVESTIGATION AND ARRESTED THE SCHOOL'S PRINCIPAL, COLLEEN SCHROEDER OF HAINESPORT. ON MARCH 1ST, SHE WAS CHARGED WITH THEFT AND RELEASED ON A SUMMONS. THE DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT, DOCTOR JUSTIN SMITH, RELEASED A STATEMENT, PART OF WHICH SAYS MISS SCHROEDER IS CURRENTLY ON AN UNRELATED LEAVE. THE DISTRICT TAKES AN ACCUSATION OF THEFT SERIOUSLY, AND MISS SCHROEDER WILL REMAIN ON LEAVE PENDING THE ADJUDICATION OF THIS MATTER. >> YOU'RE ENTRUSTING YOUR CHILDREN IN THIS, AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE. >> MANY PARENTS WE SPOKE TO TODAY HAD HEARD ABOUT THE CHARGE AND WERE SURPRISED AND UPSET. >> BUT SHOCKING TO HEAR, ESPECIALLY SOMEBODY THAT'S RUNNING THIS SCHOOL. YOU WOULDN'T, THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT. >> NOW, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SAYS IT INTENDS TO FULLY COOPERATE WITH THE INVESTIGATION. WE TRIED TO REACH SCHROEDER MULTIPLE WAYS TODAY. SO FAR, WE HAVE NOT HEARD

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