A Texas highschool soccer coach discovered himself in police custody on Dec. 15 after being caught spending 5 grand at a strip membership utilizing a college district bank card.
J.D. Bales, a now former assistant coach at Bridgeport Excessive College in Bridgeport, Texas, went on his spending spree in July on the Males’s Membership of Houston, in line with the New York Submit.
After being booked, Bales posted a $10,000 bond — presumably on his personal bank card — and was launched. He was indicted in November, however the indictment was sealed till this month.
BREAKING: Former Bridgeport soccer coach J.D. Bales was arrested Friday for theft of property $2,500-$30,000 enhanced. Bales resigned in September after the the district discovered proof he used a Bridgeport ISD bank card at a Houston strip membership. https://t.co/3F69kKAH5T
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The previous coach resigned his place on Sept. 11 after the $5,455.81 bank card invoice got here due. The college reported the theft of the district’s cash to the Sensible County District Legal professional for evaluation upon the coach’s resignation. He has been working for the district since 2018.
“[Bales] resigned from each his teaching place and his function as a [special education] trainer at Bridgeport Center College [Sept. 8],” the district stated in a press release. “Superintendent Dr. Amy Ellis confirmed that the choice to simply accept the resignation is in the most effective curiosity of Bridgeport ISD and the athletic program.”
Bales initially advised the district that he didn’t make the expenditure and that it will need to have been some unknown fraudster who stole the cardboard data. Nevertheless, investigators discovered proof that he was on the strip membership on the date of the bank card debits.
“Bales finally submitted cost for the cost. Nevertheless, because of the overwhelming proof within the case (most significantly, the case concerned taxpayer cash), I believed it was prudent to submit the case to the Sensible County District Legal professional,” Bridgeport Police Chief Steve Stanford stated of the case.
In Might, six of his soccer workforce gamers have been arrested for hazing different college students, some as younger as 14.
The hazers allegedly compelled the scholars to strip bare and recorded them making demeaning and sexually specific phrases.
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