www.mlive.com (Michigan) – “Athletic money stolen from Parchment schools kept in unlocked locations, police report says” – April 2^nd, 2014:

KALAMAZOO, MI -- Kalamazoo Township police were unable to solve an embezzlement case at Parchment School District because it involved cash kept in two unlocked locations at Parchment High School and was easily accessible to dozens of people, according to police documents.

In a case first made public last week, school officials told police they estimated more than $20,000 in cash went missing during the 2011-12 school year.

The money was from admission fees collected at sporting events, and was almost half of the revenues expected to be generated during the school year, according to the investigation by the Kalamazoo Township Police Department, which has jurisdiction over Parchment. The investigative report was obtained by the Kalamazoo Gazette under the Freedom of Information Act.

After working on the case for 19 months, Kalamazoo Township police ended their active investigation two months ago without a recommendation for an arrest because of the number of people who had easy access to the cash. 

"There are many possibilities of persons who had access to the athletic money who could be viable suspects," including administrators, secretarial staff, teachers, maintenance workers and students, Detective Georgeann Ergang wrote in the final page of the report.

She wrote the money box was kept in either an unlocked cupboard in the high school office or a supply room that was unlocked during the school day and used by numerous people.

The deposits were sometimes made weeks and even months after money was collected and it was common knowledge where the cash was kept prior to being deposited in the bank, Ergang wrote.

"Without an admission from a possible suspect in this case, this case is closed," she wrote.