Former finance manager at Tucson school indicted for theft

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TUCSON, Arizona (AP) – The former finance manager of the Tucson Unified School District’s Pueblo High School bookstore has been charged with theft and misuse of public funds, according to authorities.

The Arizona Attorney General said Rosa Maria Ordonez’s job is to make change at school sports events and in the school’s bookstore.

She was also responsible for receiving payments from Pueblo students, parents, and donors for various school-related purposes.

Authorities said Ordonez stopped reporting for work in August 2018 and resigned the following month without returning the district’s funds or putting them in the bookstore’s safe.

According to the Arizona Auditor General, Ordonez may have misappropriated nearly $ 3,000 in bookstore receipts and change in July and August 2018.

Authorities said this was money from the district to Pueblo High to make change for cash transactions.

From 2006 to 2015, authorities said Ordonez failed to file checks totaling more than $ 3,300, which stole revenue from Pueblo High.

On Wednesday it was unclear whether Ordonez still had a lawyer who could speak for her.

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