An errant receipt for almost $1,000 worth of patio screens unraveled what investigators believe was a years-long scheme by the former West Haven High School athletic director to bilk thousands of dollars from the school district for personal home improvement projects.
Jonathan P. Capone, 65, of Benham Hill Road in West Haven turned himself in Tuesday night on charges of first-degree larceny and illegal use of a credit card and new court documents released Friday detail police and school district’s painstaking investigation into years of account receipts.
Investigators accuse Capone of swiping the high school’s Lowe’s card, which he had access to for athletic department purchases, on hundreds of personal items at the hardware store for various household projects and a kitchen remodel over at least the past two years, according to an arrest warrant affidavit.