{"id":23404,"date":"1996-10-18T16:37:16","date_gmt":"1996-10-18T21:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/1996\/10\/18\/charges-against-mcleod-could-be-dropped\/"},"modified":"2010-08-17T19:54:05","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T00:54:05","slug":"charges-against-mcleod-could-be-dropped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/1996\/10\/18\/charges-against-mcleod-could-be-dropped\/","title":{"rendered":"Charges Against McLeod Could Be Dropped"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bruce McLeod&#8217;s three counts of felony theft will be dropped given good behavior, the AP reported Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>McLeod, former Minnesota-Duluth athletic director and WCHA chairman, was charged with three counts of felony theft in relation to $18,000 in misappropriated funds on six checks. Five of the six checks were ruled inadmissible due to a statute of limitations.<\/p>\n<p>Charges for the remaining check, in the amount of $6,000 and written from the checking account of the golf and tennis programs, will be dropped provided McLeod enters a program for first-time offenders, as ruled by a St. Louis County District judge on Wednesday, October 16.<\/p>\n<p>McLeod resigned from his post as athletic director as an independent audit was being conducted on the financial records of Minnesota-Duluth in late August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bruce McLeod&#8217;s three counts of felony theft will be dropped given good behavior, the AP reported Thursday. McLeod, former Minnesota-Duluth athletic director and WCHA chairman, was charged with three counts of felony theft in relation to $18,000 in misappropriated funds on six checks. 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