Overview
- Blake Bowman entered a February 2026 guilty plea to misapplication of property as a fiduciary and theft, with each count valued at $300,000 or more and no sentencing deal in place.
- Prosecutors say financial tracing tied in excess of $1 million to accounts he controlled, though the precise amount formally deemed stolen remains unresolved.
- Court filings state he linked a personal PayPal to the camp’s bank account and used camp credit cards for personal expenses, including payments identified as OnlyFans subscriptions.
- Records note roughly $2,800 in payments back to Camp Thurman between March 2024 and May 2025, with earlier milestones including an April 2024 indictment, a May 2024 arrest, and a January 2025 re-indictment.
- He faces 5 to 99 years in prison on each charge; Bowman led the Pantego, Texas camp for eight years, later taught in North Texas districts, resigned in August 2025, and now has his teaching certification under review.