Brookfield’s former school finance director Art Colley, right, appears in Superior Court in Danbury, Conn., Wednesday morning, March 25, 2015, alongside his attorney, Eugene Riccio. Colley has been charged with second-degree larceny and third-degree forgery after police said he tried to claim reimbursement for three iPads he never purchased. Photo: Carol Kaliff
DANBURY – Former Brookfield Public Schools’ finance director Art Colley appeared in Superior Court in Danbury Wednesday morning.
Colley has been charged with second-degree larceny and third-degree forgery after police said he tried to claim reimbursement from the district for three iPads he never purchased.
The former administrator, who declined to comment, appeared in court next to attorney Eugene Riccio. His case was continued to April 22.
Colley is being accused of submitting an invoice for $987 bearing his name and signature, accompanied by forged receipts. Police said the district gave the invoice to police in January after an inventory failed to turn up the iPads.
He resigned from his Brookfield position in February 2014 following reports that he overspent the district’s budget by nearly $1.2 million.
