Authorities are charging a longtime Plymouth school food service director with stealing district supplies for years — allegedly to stock his snack shack on the Cape.

Police are charging Patrick Van Cott, 62, with felony and misdemeanor larceny exceeding $1,200 and larceny from a building.

Van Cott pleaded not guilty on Friday morning in Plymouth District Court and is being held on $50,000 cash bail, according to court documents. He is expected to return to court for a pretrial hearing on July 21.

According to a Plymouth Police report, the assistant superintendent of Plymouth Public Schools received an anonymous letter last Friday that stated a man was stealing commercial equipment and food products from the school.

The town owns the allegedly stolen property and used federal funds to p

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