Must pay restitution of $7,500 (jointly with co-conspirator), fined $2,000, and must complete 100 hours of community service, for misusing grant funds
Lois Lamer in happier days.
In an announcement Monday, November 28 by the Arizona Attorney General’s office, the former superintendent of the Valley Academy for Career and Technical Education (VACTE), which is located in Cottonwood, was sentenced after pleading guilty to Class 6 felony charges related to the misuse of public funds. Dennis Fiscus, who was involved in the scheme with Lamer, received an identical sentence.
Dennis Fiscus is the former programs of study director for the Department of Career and Technical Education. Lamer and Fiscus were accused of submitting falsified documents related to certain purchase orders as well as misusing funds in September 2021.
The Attorney General’s Office reported that the pair will have to pay restitution of $7,500 together, were each fined $2,000 and will each have to complete 100 hours of community service.
The case was investigated by the Arizona Auditor General’s Office and prosecuted by the Arizona Attorney General’s Fraud and Special Prosecution’s Section. The investigation determined that Lamer and Fiscus had allegedly conspired to divert for personal use thousands of dollars in federal Carl D. Perkins grant money that had been awarded to VACTE.
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