Kenyetta Wilbourn-Snapp
Kenyetta (K.C.) Wilbourn-Snapp, a former Mumford High principal who had been considered a rising education star, tells the Detroit Free Press that she's agreed to plead guilty to federal bribery and tax evasion charges for her role in a kickback scheme being probed by the FBI.
Wilbourn-Snapp, who was known for carrying a baseball bat in one school and driving a Maserati, tells the Freep Thursday that she is pleading guilty to accepting a $58,000 bribe and to tax evasion.
She's ae target of a federal inquiry that could prove embarrassing to Gov. Rick Snyder’s K-12 reform district and Detroit Public Schools.
Robert Snell and Chad Livengood of The Detroit News write that the FBI is investigating multiple officials from DPS and the Snyder-created Education Achievement Authority to see if contracts were awarded to vendors who paid kickbacks. The News cites unnamed sources.
Wilbourn-Snapp abruptly resigned after the feds searched her home.
In its article by Rochelle Riley, Tresa Baldas and Ann Zaniewsk, the Freep reports:
She said the $58,000 in bribes were to companies that did things for Mumford. "It is my belief that the feds (raided) my home, and they were looking for a bomb and they got a cap gun."
