Former professor sold SIU equipment to escape 'bad financial situation', records show
ARBONDALE — When SIU Police detectives Justin Emery and Renee Eberhard confronted Associate Professor Jeremy Davis with evidence he’d stolen thousands of dollars of lab equipment from Southern Illinois University Carbondale, he put his head in his hands.
“I f----- up,” he said in an interview room at the SIU Police station. “I totally f----- up.”
The next day, March 29, Davis was charged with one count of theft of governmental property, of total value between $10,000 and $100,000, according to a news release from Jackson County State’s Attorney Mike Carr, an accusation to which Davis pleaded not guilty.
Incident reports from the SIU Police Department, obtained via Freedom of Information Act request, portray a man deep in debt who resorted to stealing even beakers and pipettes to pay it off.
Read more: https://thesouthern.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/former-professor-sold-siu-equipment-to-escape-bad-financial-situation/article_5b91374e-22ed-5c5c-bffa-dc7fd237064f.html
(Carbondale Southern Illinoisan)
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