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Last updated on Friday, November 4, 2016
(VIGO CO.) -Two former Vigo County school officials each face a federal charge for allegedly taking kickbacks from a contractor over two years.
A criminal complaint unsealed in federal court Wednesday charges former Vigo County School Corporation facilities director Frank Fennell and Frank Shahadey, a Vigo County deputy sheriff formerly assigned to the school district, with theft or bribery of programs receiving federal funds.
The complaint alleges both men obtained more than $5,000 in school district funds.
Both men denied the allegations to federal agents following a June 8th FBI raid of district offices.
Their attorneys declined to comment following a court hearing Wednesday.
Shahadey was ordered held pending a detention hearing Friday.
Fennell was released after the hearing.
School board president Paul Lockhart says the district fired both men later Wednesday.
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