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Rocky View Schools employee charged after theft of $150,000 worth of Apple electronics

A sign outside an RCMP detachment. File / Global News

Airdrie RCMP have laid charges against a school employee after he allegedly stole $150,000 worth of Apple electronics belonging to the Rocky View Schools jurisdiction.

Police said the theft was discovered after an independent forensic audit was conducted by the school district.

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The complaint was received by police in October 2017, RCMP said.

The stolen electronics were being sold to a third party by the man “for his own personal gains,” police said in a news release Tuesday.

RCMP said Andrew Hendrycks, 48, of Airdrie, Alta., has been charged with theft over $5,000 and fraud over $5,000.

Police said Hendrycks is no longer employed by Rocky View Schools.

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