4 allegedly stole from Detroit school

DETROIT, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- A former Detroit school principal and the bookkeeper at her school have been charged with using school funds to buy items for their own use.

A veteran Detroit police officer and the bookkeeper's son, a college student, were also named in an indictment handed up Tuesday, The Detroit News reported. The alleged embezzlement occurred at the Randolph Career and Technical Center.

Wayne County District Attorney Kym Worthy said after the indictment was announced "stealing from children is the worst of the worst kind of theft."

Gwendolyn Miller, 58, the center's former principal, allegedly billed the school for a new furnace and had a teacher install it. She is also accused of taking items of school property, including a purse.

Miller said there was a misunderstanding, that she hired the teacher for the furnace installation and repaid the school when she realized he had billed Randolph for the unit.

The bookkeeper, Eugenia Holimon, 47, allegedly used $29,000 in school money for her own benefit, and allowed a friend, Police Officer Robert Gibson, to charge items to Randolph that he used for his home in Farmington Hills and for property he owns in Detroit. Holimon also allegedly put her son's name on a Randolph charge card.

Gibson, 57, was suspended from the police department in June.