Former Clyde superintendent’s forfeited Harley sold for restitution
The motorcycle and trailer brought $12,950, and more than $10,000 will go to the Clyde-Green Springs schools.
Clyde police have auctioned the 2003 Harley-Davidson motorcycle and trailer forfeited by former Clyde-Green Springs superintendent Todd Helms, who is serving eight years in prison for embezzling nearly $300,000 from the district.
Police Chief Bruce Gower said the motorcycle sold for $8,450 and the trailer for $4,500, a total of $12,950. The police department will claim $1,550, and GovDeals.com, which ran the auction, takes 6 percent, about $775. The rest, more than $10,000, goes to the Clyde-Green Springs Exempted Village School District.
Superintendent Gregg Elchert said it is the first restitution money the district has received in the case. At sentencing in Sandusky County Common Pleas Court, the district received money from bank accounts found by a state audit, but it has not received any from the State Teachers Retirement System. Beth Tischler of the Sandusky County Prosecutor’s Office said a restitution hearing is tentatively set for May 23.
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