MARK BRNOVICH
Attomey General
Firm Bar No. 14000
JORDYN RAIMONDO
State Bar No. 028030
Assistant Attomey General
2005 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, Arizona 85004
‘Telephone 602-542-3881
Fax 602-542-5997
ermfraud@azag.gov
Attomeys for Plaintiff
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF PINAL
STATE OF ARIZONA,
Case No:
Plainti
co | 8586193
v. INDICTMENT
CHADWICK SCOTT WILSON CHARGING VIOLATIONS OF:
aka CHAD WILSON, |
| COUNT 1: THEFT, a Class 2 Felony, in
Defendant, violation of A.R.S. §13-1802 (A)(1)
COUNTS 2-4: MISUSE OF PUBLIC
‘MONIES, Class 4 Felonies, in violation of
ARS. §35-301
‘The Arizona State Grand Jury accuses CHADWICK SCOTT WILSON aka CHAD
WILSON, charging on this 26" day of, August 2019, that in or from Pinal County, Arizona:
COUNT 1
THEFT,
On or between May 1, 2012 and April 30, 2017, CHADWICK SCOTT WILSON aka
CHAD WILSON, without lawful authority, knowingly converted for an unauthorized term or
use services or property of another entrusted to the defendant or placed in the defendant'spossession for a limited, authorized term or use, said property having a value of $25,000.00 or
more, in violation of A.RS. §§13-1802(A)(2), 13-1801, 13-1802(G), 13-701, 13-702 and 13-
801.
On or between May 1, 2012 and May 31, 2016, CHADWICK SCOTT WILSON aka
CHAD WILSON, a person charged with the receipt, safekeeping, transfer or disbursement of
public money, without authority of law, did knowingly appropriate it, or any portion thereof, to
his own use, of to the use of another, in violation of A.R.S. §§35-301(1), 35-302, 13-701, 13-702
and 13-801.
Said conduct occurred when CHADWICK SCOTT WILSON aka CHAD WILSON,
Apache Junction Unified School District superintendent, knowingly authorized performance pay
for district administrators without Governing Board approval.
COUNT 3
MISUSE OF PUBLIC MONIES
On or between November 1, 2015 and April 30, 2017, CHADWICK SCOTT WILSON
aka CHAD WILSON, a person charged with the receipt, safekeeping, transfer or disbursement
of public money, without authority of law, did knowingly appropriate it, or any portion thereof,
to his own use, or to the use of another, in violation of A.R.S, §§35-301(1), 35-302, 13-701, 13-
702 and 13-801.
Said conduct occurred when CHADWICK SCOTT WILSON aka CHAD WILSON,
Apache Junction Unified School District superintendent, knowingly authorized professional
development instruction compensation for district administrators without Governing Board
approval.COUNT 4
MISUSE OF PUBLIC MONIES
On or between September 1, 2015 and July 31, 2016, CHADWICK SCOTT WILSON
aka CHAD WILSON, a person charged with the receipt, safekeeping, transfer or disbursement
of public money, without authority of law, did knowingly appropriate it, or any portion thereof,
to his own use, oF to the use of another, in violation of A.R.S, §§35-301(1), 35-302, 13-701, 13-
702 and 13-801.
Said conduct occurred when CHADWICK SCOTT WILSON aka CHAD WILSON,
Apache Junction Unified School District superintendent, knowingly authorized pay for athletic
event attendance for district administrators without Governing Board approval.
Pursuant to ARS. § 21-425, the State Grand Jurors find that the offenses described
above were committed in Pinal County, Arizona.
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