UPDATE (1/10/2024): Devin Grey pleaded responsible to 1 depend of theft, a degree 6 felony. He was then sentenced to 1 yr in jail and 359 days of probation. He was additionally fined and ordered to endure remedy.
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GREENWOOD, Ind. – The previous athletic director at Greenwood Christian Academy has been arrested after police say he stole $42,000 from faculty funds and used it to gamble on sports activities.
Devin M. Grey, a 31-year-old Greenwood man and former GCA head athletic director, was arrested Monday after a warrant was filed in Johnson County Court docket for theft.
The costs in opposition to Grey are the results of a months-long investigation by the Greenwood Police Division, which was first notified of the potential theft in Might.
Court docket paperwork present that GCA Superintendent Michael Chitty notified GPD officers on Might 5 that he suspected Grey, who was employed as GCA's athletic director from 2020 to April 2023, of stealing 1000’s of {dollars} from the college.
In accordance with Chitta, after being employed, Grey was given a bank card issued via Dwelling Financial institution and registered with GCA. The superintendent informed officers greater than $40,000 had been charged to the cardboard previously yr.
When confronted about it, Grey allegedly mentioned he was shopping for Vanilla Visa present playing cards “for trigger,” courtroom paperwork present. When pressed for extra info, Grey informed his boss that the playing cards got out to GCA coaches to buy objects for his or her groups.
A verify of the monetary path, GPD mentioned, confirmed that between June 16, 2022, and Oct. 15, 2022, Grey's card was used to buy $41,325 price of present playing cards from numerous Walmart shops. This led to a complete of $42,564.27 spent, in response to police.
Nevertheless, investigators mentioned after talking with GCA coaches, it was decided that solely $1,150 price of present playing cards got out.
Court docket paperwork present {that a} monetary advisor working for GCA was capable of get hold of Walmart receipts containing activation codes for present playing cards Grey had bought.
A complete of 23 activation codes have been recovered. When financial institution officers checked to see if any of the playing cards had been activated, it was found that the entire playing cards had been cashed out at on-line bookie DraftKings.
Nevertheless, this was not the one cash lacking from the GCA data. Through the investigation, officers have been informed by a GCA worker that they believed Grey was stealing concessions cash collected throughout sporting occasions.
“Between August 22, 2022 and March 10, 2023, the GCA Excessive Faculty athletic director transformed $15,104.95 in entry and gross sales deposits,” courtroom paperwork state. “Throughout the identical time interval, Grey earned $5,833.97.”
Throughout an interview at GPD headquarters, officers mentioned Grey admitted to buying roughly $40,000 price of present playing cards. When requested how he guarded the playing cards, Grey reportedly mentioned his strategies have been “sloppy” and that he stored all of them out of order in a secure.
Finally, courtroom paperwork present Grey admitted it was “possible” he used the present playing cards. Grey reportedly named DraftKings when requested the place he would spend the cash, however mentioned he had since deleted the account he was utilizing.
“He did,” the docs quote him as saying. “I'm strolling away from all of this as a result of I don't need it as a part of our lives.” I'm going to say sure, however I'm going to say it as a result of my reminiscence is so cloudy from that basically tough a part of my life.
When requested how a lot he spent, Grey informed officers “it's fairly a bit.” When pressed on the precise quantity, Grey mentioned it was “in all probability $20,000” however that it was only a ball.
“I don't need to go too excessive, however I don't need to go too low both,” he mentioned.
Officers additionally questioned Grey about discrepancies in gross sales deposits. He defined that he took one deposit residence with him and it was subsequently stolen from his automotive.
Nevertheless, GPD didn't purchase the story and requested if he personally took any cash.
“That's one other good query,” he mentioned. “I feel it might have occurred, however I'm not mendacity about what occurred to the automobile. I didn't love to do it on the degree of present playing cards, no approach to take issues and use them.'
Speaking additional in regards to the lacking cash, Grey admitted that he pocketed gross sales money a “handful” of occasions, however that it wasn't as “important” because the present playing cards and it wasn't after each sport.
Officers requested Grey if anybody else was concerned within the theft, which he denied earlier than expressing some regret.
“No, I'll take all of it,” he mentioned. “I imply, I hated it for the college and I want I might type it out for the college. I at all times had a imaginative and prescient of going again to high school with this huge wad of cash.”
Additional proof in opposition to Grey was revealed on Might 16, 2023, when the GCA Faculty Board obtained a web-based type from “devin.gray15@gmail.com” during which the petitioner admitted to abusing the present playing cards and requested to talk with the board.
The GPD investigation into the lacking funds ultimately ended when each DraftKings and Walmart supplied video and information proof that additional incriminated Grey.
An arrest warrant was issued for Grey in Johnson County District Court docket on Monday, charging him with Stage 6 felony theft. On-line courtroom data present he was arrested the identical day and has an preliminary courtroom listening to scheduled for Sept. 11 at 8:30 a.m.
