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Posted: Thursday, February 21st, 2013 12:49 PM HST

School employee fined $10,000

By Associated Press

HILO, Hawaii (AP) — An employee at a Big Island charter school has been fined $10,000 for violating the state ethics code. William Eric Boyd is an administrative assistant at Connections New Century Public Charter School in Hilo. The Ethics Commission found Boyd guilty of 20 separate violations of the state ethics code and fined him the maximum allowable under the law. Commission members determined that he filled out and approved multiple purchase orders for school supplies from businesses owned by him and his wife. The purchases covered items such as books, classroom supplies, custodial supplies and office machines. Boyd has been ordered to pay the fine within 60 days. He is appealing.