Ex-Brookfield School Employee Accused of Stealing $30K Seeks Special Probation

A former Brookfield Public School employee accused of stealing more than $30,000 from the school district appeared in Danbury Superior Court Monday, seeking special probation, according to the News Times.

Elizabeth Kerekes, 41, of Brookfield, was the assistant of Art Colley in the schools’ finance department and was arrested in relation to misappropriation of school funds for personal use.

Patch reported in September that Kerekes was one of two former Brookfield Public Schools employees to be arrested in for allegedly using school funds for personal use. Her boss, former finance director Art Colley, 57, was charged with second-degree larceny and third-degree forgery.

An audit revealed nearly $124,000 in questionable spending by Colley and Kerekes. The forensic audit analyzed more than 600 transactions involving Colley , Kerekes and other present and former school employees.

Under the special probation program, Kerekes could be placed on up to two years’ probation, according to the paper.

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