Groton, MA - Pennies Stolen From Children's Holocaust Project
Groton, MA - A Massachusetts school janitor is accused of stealing $1,200 worth of pennies from an eighth-grade Holocaust project.
Groton-Dunstable Middle School has been working since February to collect 1.5 million pennies to represent the child victims of the Nazis. Now prosecutors that that a janitor has stolen about 120,000 of the 267,000-plus pennies collected by students. Police and school officials say the custodian allegedly pilfered pennies stored in coffee cans, plastic containers and 5-gallon water jugs.
The custodian, 28-year-old David L. Graves, pleaded not guilty in Ayer District Court to one count of larceny of more than $250.
Groton-Dunstable Middle School has been working since February to collect 1.5 million pennies to represent the child victims of the Nazis. Now prosecutors that that a janitor has stolen about 120,000 of the 267,000-plus pennies collected by students. Police and school officials say the custodian allegedly pilfered pennies stored in coffee cans, plastic containers and 5-gallon water jugs.
The custodian, 28-year-old David L. Graves, pleaded not guilty in Ayer District Court to one count of larceny of more than $250.
posted by VOS IZ NEIAS @ 9/21/2006 12:12:00 PM
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