Head of Pittsburgh nonprofit charged with theft and corruption after investigation into city's finances
With a master's degree in Education Journalism from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Eric Thompson has spent 4 years covering the education system in Pittsburgh. His prior experience includes stints at local education-focused publications where he reported on policy changes and community concerns surrounding schools.
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After a year-long investigation by the Allegheny County District Attorney's Office into the city of Pittsburgh's finances, the first of what's expected to be several indictments has been filed. In his first budget, former Mayor Ed Gainey dedicated $3 million in federal COVID money to combat hunger, giving grants to community organizations to feed people facing food insecurity. But in the first of what is expected to be several indictments, a county investigating grand jury has charged the founder of one of those non-profit groups, 62-year-old Emmett Miles, with 29 counts of theft and corruption, including 17 felonies. Miles is the head of Fishers of Men Community Development Corporation, which is supposedly headquartered at the old Larimer School. Documents show he was the recipient of a $30,000 food grant from the city that was supposed to go to another organization but apparently did not. Miles has yet to be located. The exact details are in a sealed indictment and are not laid out i