Leon County Schools deputy superintendent Michelle Gayle was arrested Thursday on a charge of grand theft.<\/p>\n
The Leon County Sheriff\u2019s Office (LCSO) says the case involves the Foundation for Leon County Schools, a nonprofit that supports the school district.<\/p>\n
LCSO says it received information from school personnel that led to the investigation.<\/p>\n
Detectives say they identified discrepancies between the information Gayle provided to the foundation and the payments she received. Detectives say they were able to confirm more than $1,200 in false reimbursements.<\/p>\n
LCSO press release:<\/p>\n
LCSO Arrests School Administrator Following Financial Theft Investigation<\/p>\n
On Thursday, October 29th, the Leon County Sheriff\u2019s Office arrested 64-year-old Michelle Gayle, following an investigation into suspected financial theft involving The Foundation for Leon County Schools.<\/p>\n
The investigation began after the Sheriff\u2019s Office received information from Leon County Schools personnel about suspected financial discrepancies involving the foundation, a nonprofit organization that supports Leon County schools.<\/p>\n
Detectives determined that Gayle, who serves as the deputy superintendent for Leon County Schools, used her position to obtain alleged reimbursements.<\/p>\n
During the investigation, detectives identified discrepancies between the information Gayle provided to the foundation and the payments she received. Detectives were able to confirm more than $1,200 in false reimbursements.<\/p>\n
Gayle was arrested and charged with Grand Theft and booked into the Leon County Detention Facility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leon County Schools deputy superintendent Michelle Gayle was arrested Thursday on a charge of grand theft. The Leon…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":442537,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":["post-442536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/442537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}