Burlington, News

Food service worker charged

The Racine County District Attorney’s office officially filed charges Thursday in a theft of food service dollars in the Burlington Area School District.

Joel Orwig, of Belgium, Wisconsin, is facing one count of theft of movable property.. It is a class H felony, with a fine up to $10,000 and prison time up to six years.

According to the criminal complaint, there was more than $12,000 missing in currency and checks from Burlington High School, and about another $800 from Dyer Intermediate and about $600 from Karcher Middle School. The total amount lost was $13,842, but allegedly, none of the missing checks had been cashed.

For more on the case, please see the March 27 print edition of the Standard Press.

2 Comments

  1. If you read the entire story, according ,to the school District,This guys only job is to take money to the bank.
    Who is in charge if this is how they delegate authority.Let a 1st grader take it to the bank, and give then free lunches. What a bunch of losers.!!!!