Plea expected in Philly charter school kickbacks

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - July 21, 2009

She is 51-year-old /*Rosemary DiLacqua*/, who ran the board of the Philadelphia Academy Charter School. Until recently, she was a Philadelphia police detective.

DiLacqua is expected to plead guilty Tuesday. Prosecutors say she secretly took $34,000 from two men whom she awarded raises and lucrative consulting contracts.

One of those men is 50-year-old /*Kevin O'Shea*/, who pleaded guilty Monday. He admitted to bilking the school out of between $400,000 and $1 million.

The other man is /*Brien Gardiner*/, another school official who killed himself during the federal investigation.

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