From The Garden Island:

A 5th Circuit grand jury on Wednesday indicted a county department head on charges relating to the alleged abuse of a county gas credit card, according to a county news release issued Thursday.

County Human Resources Manager Janine M.Z. Rapozo is facing 23 charges, which stemmed from an audit on county fuel use that was concluded earlier this year.

The 23-count indictment alleges that on or between February 1, 2009 and December 31, 2010, Rapozo committed the offenses of one count of second degree theft and 22 counts of falsifying business records by aiding Mayor Bernard P. Carvalho Jr. in the theft of gasoline in an amount exceeding $300 but less than $20,000 and falsifying business records relating to the purchases, according to the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney.

A warrant was issued for Rapozo’s arrest and bail was set at $500. Read the full story.

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