Florida is a weird state.
A Florida elementary school principal is accused of stealing $900 from a mentally disabled 9-year-old.
Edward John Abernathy, 50, was arrested on Thursday and charged with grand theft for allegedly stealing the cash from the student at Connerton Elementary School in Land O’Lakes.
The child brought $2,100 of his parents’ money to the school on October 23.
When teachers realized the child had brought the cash in, they counted it and lock it in the principal’s office for safe keeping.
An investigation by the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office revealed Abernathy allegedly only gave the student’s mother $1,200 when she went to pick up the money.
Abernathy is accused of pocketing the remaining $900.
He hasn’t been fired but has been charged with theft.