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Former School DOT Employees In MD Sentenced For $320K Theft Scheme: State's Attorney Former School DOT Employees In MD Sentenced For $320K Theft Scheme: State's Attorney
Former School DOT Employees In MD Sentenced For $320K Theft Scheme: State's Attorney The former Assistant Director of the Montgomery County Public Schools Department of Transportation (DOT) will spend years behind bars for his role in a scheme to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars. Charles Ewald, 37, of Knoxville, was sentenced to 15 years in prison, with all but five suspended, after admitting to the scam earlier this year, authorities announced. The scam began in 2009 when Todd Watkins, 56, of Jefferson - who also pleaded guilty to the scheme - began conspiring with Ewald  Prosecutors say that Watkins assumed his position in 2009, and beginning in 2016 and throu…

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Former School DOT Employees In MD Admit To Role In $320K Theft Scheme: State's Attorney Former School DOT Employees In MD Admit To Role In $320K Theft Scheme: State's Attorney
Former School DOT Employees In MD Admit To Role In $320K Theft Scheme: State's Attorney The former Director of the Montgomery County Public Schools Department of Transportation (DOT) has copped to his role in a scheme that allowed another top official to steam hundreds of thousands of dollars. Todd Michael Watkins, 56, of Jefferson, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of misconduct in office for conspiring with Charles Ewald, the former Assistant Director of the DOT, the Montgomery County State’s Attorney announced on Friday, June 30. Prosecutors say that Watkins assumed his position in 2009, and beginning in 2016 and through September 2021, he failed to properly manage the…

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