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The Georgie Bureau of Investigation (GBI) has arrested and charged former Tift County High School Principal Chad Stone with six felonies relating to his time as principal.
Stone is charged with one felony count of theft by taking and five felony counts of unauthorized use of financial transaction card, according to the Tift County Sheriff's Office.
Stone was booked Wednesday in the Tift County Jail.
The charges result from a GBI investigation after a state commission found that Stone had violated professional standards.
He formally resigned as TCHS principal last week after being placed on suspension in January. The Tift County Board of Education had put Stone on administrative after the Ga. Professional Standards Commission ruled that Stone had violated professional standards dealing with misuse of public funds and property, remunerative conduct, and unethical professional conduct.
The Tift County BOE had also placed Stone on administrative leave in September for five days. Immediately following that action, Stone made a public apology for unspecified "ethical lapses," which he said he would "repay restitution to the school system."
Stone was Georgia's 2023 Principal of the Year.
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