An employee of a prominent local foundation that funds health care for children pled guilty to embezzlement this week, and will likely be sentenced to a year in jail. The perpetrator stole more than $350,000 to fund the purchase of expensive cars and trips.
What makes this story particularly notable to me is that the Deputy District Attorney prosecuting the case is an old friend and neighbor from high school, who has done great work with the DA's office for a bunch of years now. She was also interviewed on a local news broadcast last night about this case (unfortunately, there is no clip available for internet linkage).
This is par for the course for Erin. She attained legendary status among her peers for a remarkable stunt she pulled twenty years ago. One of the regular assignments for our Spanish AP class was for one student each week to record a portion of the evening news from the Spanish language station, bring in the tape and discuss it with the class. Remarkably, she not only brought in the tape and conducted a flawless presentation, the broadcast she brought in included a news segment in which she was interviewed as a witness to the events. Erin, being the unassuming genius that she is, went just a bit farther than the average student. She conducted the interview entirely in Spanish.
Showoff.
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