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stealing $900 (U.S.) from a mentally disabled 9 -year-old.
The Tampa Bay Times reports 50 -year-old Edward John Abernathy was arrested
Thursday and charged with grand theft. A Pasco County Sheriff s Office release says
deputies were told the child brought $2,100 of his parents'nioney to Connerton
Elementary School in Land O'Lakes in October.
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This photo provided by Pasco County Sheriff's Office shows Edward John
Abernathy. Abernathy, a Florida elementary school principal is accused of
stealing $goo (U.S.) from a 9 -year-old with mental disabilities. Abernathy
was arrested Thursday, Nov. 8 and charged with grand theft. (PASCO
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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