Former Warsaw Schools Finance Manager, Wife Face Fraud Charges
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LAPORTE (AP) – A former Warsaw Community Schools finance manager and his wife face burglary, fraud and other charges involving an Illinois Casino. Fifty-seven-year-old Rande Thorpe – who resigned as WCS finance manager July 29, 2004 – and his 59-year-old wife, Virginia, are accused of taking part in a ring that digitally manipulated video keno machines at a Joliet, Ill., casino. Thorpe more recently served as superintendent of LaPorte County Schools. The Post-Tribune of Merrillville reports the couple, who are now Corpus Christi, Texas, residents, are charged with burglary, computer fraud, computer tampering and cheating at a gambling game. They were released after posting bail and a judge allowed them to return to Texas while the case is pending. WSBT-TV reports that Thorpe resigned Jan. 20 as superintendent of LaPorte County Schools.
