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A South Florida teacher accused of stealing $60 in cash to use for gas money has resigned a day before he was expected to be fired. Matthew Csoka, a crisis intervention teacher at William T. Dwyer High School in Palm Beach Gardens, resigned Tuesday, a day before the Palm Beach County School Board was set to vote on his firing, WPTV reported. Csoka, 51, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor petit theft in July after he allegedly stole $60 from a student's book bag inside the boys locker room while the student was in gym class. According to an incident report from the district’s police department, a student noticed money missing from his book bag on three separate occasions. The student then secretly recorded Csoka on Oct. 27, 2022, opening the boy's book bag and unzipping sev...

A former Coral Springs school employee is facing several charges after she allegedly stole tuition and registration fees over the course of five years -- using it to pay her bills and even go on vacation. Maria Velasco, 39, worked as an administrative assistant at Center Academy Coral Springs, when the fraudulent payments were discovered back in 2022, authorities said. The school, located along Riverside Drive, caters to children with disabilities. Police say the administration realized school fee payments were intentionally diverted into a bank accounts controlled by Velasco in December of 2022. Mugshot of 39-year-old Maria Velasco. Coral Springs police reported that the the school administration calculated the losses to be $58,327 and informed Velasco that they w...

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South Florida teacher accused of stealing cash from student for gas money resigns – NBC 6 South Florida

Coral Springs school assistant accused of stealing tuition money for years – NBC 6 South Florida