Overview
- Laurel Schullere surrendered to authorities on Wednesday and faces theft by deception and related counts.
- The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office alleges she directed School District of Philadelphia payments to a firm called Missing Pieces that she owned.
- Over nine years, the district paid more than $61,000 that investigators say she kept rather than paying the supposed provider.
- State investigators reported finding no evidence the company operated, with listed addresses tied to an abandoned property and a church.
- Attorney General Dave Sunday accused her of misleading the district and pocketing taxpayer dollars, with the case now pending prosecution.