DOHN CHARTER SCHOOL

IN SOUTHWEST OHIO, THE SUPERINTENDENT OF A LOCAL CHARTER SCHOOL AND A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR HAVE BEEN INDICTED BY A FEDERAL GRAND JURY. 
AN EIGHT-COUNT FEDERAL GRAND JURY INDICTMENT ALLEGES THAT FORMER DOHN (DAWN) COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT LEANDO DAVENPORT AND CONTRACTOR JONATHAN BALLEW ORCHESTRATED A MULTI-YEAR FRAUD AND KICKBACK SCHEME. THE OPERATION FUNNELED OVER $8 MILLION IN PUBLIC FUNDS TO ENTITIES CONTROLLED BY BALLEW THROUGH FRAUDULENT INVOICES, WITH MORE THAN $4 MILLION SUBSEQUENTLY KICKED BACK TO DAVENPORT. THE FINANCIAL CRISIS CAUSED THE CLOSURE OF THE SCHOOL DISRUPTING THE EDUCATION OF ROUGHLY 650 STUDENTS.