Nobody was terribly skeptical about this at the time — except for the local paper and a few bloggers. I mean, sure, seven hundred women … Sounds about right …
But then lots of money started disappearing from her office too, and the university decided to investigate.
Beeman has now pleaded no contest to embezzlement and falsifying accounts. She was accused of a bunch of other felonies too, but she cut a deal. She might go to jail, or she might get probation. Plus restitution.
As for her incredibly cynical and destructive play with crime statistics — She’ll suffer no consequences for that.
April 15th, 2011 at 10:44PM
Alarmism in the pursuit of mendacity has no controlling legal authority.
April 16th, 2011 at 1:22AM
In the pursuit of moolah, Shane.
April 16th, 2011 at 6:25AM
Apparently the “but the metanarrative is true” defense doesn’t work even in California.