Triumphant Charter School
EX-CHARTER SCHOOL PRINCIPAL GETS PROBATION FOR THEFT: USED SCHOOL CREDIT CARD TO TO BUY COACH, VUITTON BAGS, JEWELRY, DIET PILLS, June 10, 2010, Chicago Sun-Times
BY RUMMANA HUSSAIN Criminal Courts Reporter
The 65-year-old former head of a now-defunct Chicago charter school was sentenced to three years of probation this afternoon for dipping into school funds to buy Louis Vuitton and Coach bags, hair care products and diet pills.
U.S. District Judge Blanche Manning also ordered Helen Hawkins to pay $48,370 in restitution for using the Triumphant Charter school’s American Express card.
Before she was sentenced, Hawkins told Manning that officials at the South Side school knew she