Ex-William Floyd School Official Sentenced

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. -- A former assistant superintendent of the William Floyd school district was sentenced to probation and community service Tuesday after admitting he stole $56,000 from the district's health insurance plan, Newsday reported.

In exchange for the guilty plea, Suffolk County Court Judge James Hudson sentenced Rocco DiNapoli to five years probation and 560 hours of community service, the paper reported.

As part of his sentence, DiNapoli already has paid back to the district the money he stole, said his attorney, Thomas Spreer of Babylon, N.Y., the paper reported.

DiNapoli has admitted claiming he was still married so that his ex-wife would be covered by his school district health insurance. The district paid benefits for his ex-wife from 1991 to 2004, although the two divorced in 1991 and DiNapoli remarried, this time to another William Floyd employee, the paper reported.

-- NYSSCPA.org News Staff

Posted on 4/4/07