Academy founder indicted
The founder of a District of Columbia school for disabled students was indicted on charges that he stole more than $2.4 million meant for children and young adults, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia said.
Charles Ike Emor, the former head of SunRise Academy, is accused of spending the money on houses, cars, electronics, jewelry, and other personal expenses, the 37-count indictment states.
SunRise is a private school that has received more than $30 million in public money from the federal government since 2005.
In 2007, Emor was convicted of conspiracy charges after a jury found that he bought computers stolen by his friends from the loading dock at the Gateway computer plant in Hampton, Va.
ICE rounds up criminal aliens
Immigration officials in Maryland arrested 18 criminal illegal aliens, most of whom had been convicted of driving under the influence.
Thirteen were immigration fugitives with outstanding orders of deportation, and two were previously deported aliens who returned to the United States illegally after being removed. Arrests were made in Adelphi, Annapolis, Baltimore, Edgewood, Gaithersburg, Germantown, Gwynn Oak, Hyattsville, Montgomery Village, Rockville and Silver Spring.
The roundup comes four months after an illegal immigrant from Bolivia with previous DUI arrests allegedly struck and killed a 66-year-old nun in Prince William County while driving drunk.
Va. official sentenced to 10 years for fraud
Former Virginia Secretary of Finance John W. Forbes II was sentenced to 10 years in prison for mail fraud in a scheme that looted $4 million from the state’s tobacco economic recovery fund.
Forbes, 54, who pleaded guilty in a Richmond court in August, admitted that he spent for his personal use more than $4 million in grant money intended for adult literacy programs.
Forbes served as finance secretary from May 2001 to January 2002 under then-Gov. Jim Gilmore.
Compiled by Scott McCabe
