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BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) — District Attorney Kevin Hayden announced that a former Saugus selectman pleaded guilty to 18 charges in an embezzlement scheme.
Mark Mitchell pleaded guilty to five counts of larceny by scheme, six counts of improper campaign expenditures, three counts of forgery, three counts of false entries in corporate books and one count of publishing false or exaggerated statements.
Mitchell embezzled nearly $1.3 million from the Boston Center for Adult Education (BCAE). Two of Mitchell’s co-defendants, Susan Brown and Karen Kalfian, are scheduled for trial on Oct. 6.
Judge Michael Doolin sentenced Mitchell to 18 months in the House of Correction and three years of probation upon release.
“This calculated theft struck at the heart of the BCAE’s ability to do what it does so well and has done for so long,” said Hayden. “Mr. Mitchell’s plea is only the beginning of the reparations that are justified in this shameful breach of fiduciary and civic trust.”
Mitchell wrote $896,537 in checks to himself from 2011 to 2018. He also wrote checks to his AAU baseball organization, as well as various other unauthorized third-party organizations.
During his campaign for selectman in Saugus, Mitchell stole money from campaign funds.
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