Thousands of dollars in parking meter coins went missing in Upper Darby, a plan the DA's office says was orchestrated by the department's director.
Sekela Coles, the Upper Darby Director of Parking Enforcement, is charged with theft by unlawful taking, theft by deception, receiving stolen property and other related offenses.
Officials say the months-long investigation began when two citizen informants reported seeing Coles' administrative assistant, Nakita Barnes, placing six bags of parking meter coins in her personal vehicle. Two receipts totaling deposits of $2.871 were also seen on Barnes' desk, along with an envelope of $1,730, in cash, according to the DA's office.
Barnes later admitted to investigators that she took six bags of coins to a local bank, converted them into cash, then stored the money in her desk under Coles' direction.
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