(St. Louis Public Radio) – A prosecutor in North Carolina has dropped fraud charges against the superintendent of the Ferguson-Florissant School District.
Joseph Davis’ attorney, Watsi Sutton, said Monday the charges were voluntarily dropped by North Carolina district attorney Seth Edwards. A message left with Edwards’ office was not returned.
Davis was arrested Aug. 16 and accused of misusing a credit from when he was superintendent of schools in Washington, North Carolina. A district credit card was used to book a hotel and rental car in Philadelphia in January — nearly two years after Davis was hired by Ferguson-Florissant.
Davis was “not aware of the travel reservations having been charged to the Washington County Schools’ credit card” because the credit card information was stored electronically, even though Davis had returned the card after he left the district, Sutton said in a statement.
Davis has repaid Washington County schools the $139.58, according to Sutton.
Davis took a leave absence as superintendent. The Ferguson-Florissant school board has publicly supported Davis since news of his arrest broke.
Republished with permission of St. Louis Public Radio: http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/prosecutor-drops-fraud-charges-against-ferguson-florissant-schools-superintendent
