The maintenance director for Boone County Schools has been federally indicted after authorities said he used his position to falsify documents that led to the school system being defrauded of approximately $3.4 million. Federal authorities arrested Michael David Barker after a grand jury indicted him on 18 counts. According to the indictment unsealed on Wednesday, Barker and a co-conspirator named Jesse Marks entered into a scheme, although Marks has not been indicted.
Eyewitness News said Barker was the maintenance director for the school system and used his position to falsify documents showing that the Boone County Board of Education was receiving a large amount of janitorial and custodial products, such as hand soap, trash can liners and facemasks from Marks’ company, Rush Enterprises, when they were actually receiving a much smaller amount.