WAYNESVILLE, Mo. -- Pulaski County Prosecuting Attorney Kevin Hillman says he turned possible prosecution of embezzlement from the Waynesville School District over to the Attorney General’s Office. Hillman says he knows the person who may have taken the money and wants to avoid a possible conflict of interest.
The school district and the Waynesville Police Department have done “an extensive investigation,” Hillman said in a news release. He said the suspect is identified and “is not a threat to the community, and is currently not in a position to continue any potential criminal activity in regards to the school district.”
Hillman also said his office and other county officials work on many projects with school district officials, who may be witnesses if the case is prosecuted. He said that’s another reason he wants to avoid “a perception of bias in the way my office handled this case. I want the public to be confident that the decisions in this case are based on the law and facts, and nothing else. For those reasons, the Attorney General’s Office agreed to take this case as the special prosecutor.”
