P. v. Winslow
Greg Winslow was head coach of the Ventura College "Pirates" men's basketball team. Over a four-year period, he received in excess of $60,000 in donation checks from team sponsors. Instead of submitting these checks to the college in accordance with a policy he helped develop, he deposited them into a checking account he opened for his son's youth basketball team, the similarly named "V-Town Pirates." During the same period, Winslow wrote more than $9,000 in checks to himself, $20,000 in checks made payable to "cash," and an $800 check to his wife. He also wrote checks to pay for repairs to his boat and for a family vacation rental. After Winslow was fired, he turned over $20,620 in cash he claimed to have withdrawn from the account for a renovation of the team's locker room.
Winslow testified that he believed his superior had authorized him to use the "off-campus" account for Pirates donations and team-related expenditures. He admitted knowing, however, that he lacked any authority to write checks for personal expenses. When asked why he never reimbursed the college for the check he wrote for his family's vacation rental, he said it was because he had spent a greater amount of his own money on team-related expenses. When asked the same question with regard to the check he wrote for repairs to his boat, he merely offered that he "forgot" writing the check.
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