DeKalb County School District Superintendent Devon Q. Horton has been criminally indicted on 17 charges by the U.S. Attorney for acts he allegedly committed while serving as the superintendent of Evanston-Skokie School District 65 in Illinois.

After an emergency meeting on Oct. 9, the DCSD board placed Horton on leave and appointed Dr. Norman Sauce, the chief of student services, as the acting superintendent.

The 37-page indictment, according to the Evanston RoundTable, claims Horton, along with three other co-conspirators – Antonio Ross, Samuel Ross, and Alfonzo Lewis – took kickbacks from businesses they owned that were under contract with District 65 and Chicago Public Schools (CPS), without disclosing their involvement or financial stake. The offenses, according to the indictment, oc

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