Ex-auditor for D.C. schools pleads guilty to theft

A former top auditor for the District of Columbia schools admitted Monday that he helped himself to tens of thousands of public dollars from a failed charter school.

Eugene P. Smith’s voice was husky in U.S. District court Monday, but he answered questions succinctly as he formally pleaded guilty to one count of theft, admitting that he swiped nearly $50,000 from a charter school account he was supposed to hand back to the school system.