08-04-2006, 10:31 AM
Quote:A computer maintenance worker at a suburban school district pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges he stole nearly three dozen PCs and other equipment to sell over the Internet, earning as much as $25,000 in the process, officials said.
Donald W. Meritz, 51, of Farmingdale, was being held on $1,500 cash bail or $3,000 bond after his arraignment in First District Court in Central Islip on a charge of grand larceny, said Robert Clifford, a spokesman for Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota. Meritz faces up to seven years in prison if convicted.
The investigation began in July 2005, when the state comptroller's Division of Investigations received anonymous tips claiming Meritz was taking computer equipment from the Sachem School District and selling it on eBay under the name "Shopshark."...
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