Rialto woman arrested for alleged financial aid fraud

Federal agents arrested a Rialto woman Thursday on charges that she fraudulently used two identities to receive federal financial aid for college.

By day 43 year-old Angenette Thomas was a probation officer in San Dimas. By night she filed paperwork and received more than $135,000 in federal loans and grants to attend college. Investigators with the U.S. Department of Education allege at least a small portion of that was obtained through fraud. She claimed to attend Cal State Fullerton, Platt College, National University in San Diego County, and several others, according to investigators. Thomas defaulted on the loans, but she didn’t disclose that in her applications for more federal aid. When the aid was denied, investigators say, she used a second name and social security number and was granted more college money from the federal government. If convicted of wire fraud charges Angenette Thomas faces up to 20 years in prison.

Neither she nor her lawyer could not be reached for comment. <

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Vogelbach Wins Power Showcase Derby

 

In 2009, when Bryce Harper put on a show at the International Power Showcase High School Home Run Derby but eventually lost to now-South Carolina slugger Christian Walker, we likened the event to the 2008 Major League Home Run Derby when Josh Hamilton wowed the baseball world but eventually lost to Justin Morneau.

Just last week, the fifth annual Power Showcase took place at Chase Field in Phoenix and Dan Vogelbach put on his own shown that resembled Bobby Abreus performance in the 2005 major league version. Abreu hit a then-record 24 home runs in the first round on his way to beating Ivan Rodriguez. Vogelbach, a 2011 first baseman from Bishop Verot High in Fort Myers, crushed 19 home runs in his first round last week and added 11 in the championship round to win the Power Showcases fifth annual derby. One of his home runs traveled 508 feet, a record for the event previously held by Travis Harrison (504 feet) and Harper (502 feet).

Baseball Americas Conor Glassey caught up with Vogelbach over the phone for a quick Q&A:

Conor Glassey: First off, congratulations!

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Several Bronx students denied graduation over mix-up

A huge mix-up at a high school in the Bronx threatens to hold back a handful of graduating seniors, including the class valedictorian.

Several of those students have already been accepted to colleges, including Boston College. But the school claims the students don’t have enough credits to graduate because of a bureaucratic mistake.

They were stunned to hear the bad news.

“For us to come in on a happy day and you tell us we’re not graduating, what’s that about?” said Chelsea Williams, one of the students at her high school barred from graduating.

Those nine seniors learned the news shortly before yesterday’s graduation ceremony.

“I came in dressed up, with my family members, and they told me I wasn’t going to graduate due to a mistake that the school made,” said Moses White, another senior.

For reasons that are still unexplained, the students were simply told that they did not enough credits to graduate.

“I have 48 credits and I passed all my regents and I very well deserve to graduate.

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Prep blog: Metro Conference spring all-league teams

Here are the Metro Conference spring all-league teams that The Bee has received:

BASEBALL
MVP: Max Cordy, McClatchy
Coach of the year: Mike DeNecochea, McClatchy
All-league: Nick Marr, McClatchy; Hunter Carolan, McClatchy; Jared James, McClatchy; Dylan Moore, Rosemont; Andre Contreras, Rosemont; Anthony Enriquez, Rosemont; Lee Carter, Sacramento; Brian Kennedy, Sacramento; Justin Beacham, Sacramento; Sal Barajas, Hiram Johnson; Sal Garcia, Hiram Johnson; Richard McGee, Burbank; Josh Vegas, Burbank; Chris White, Florin; Alfredo Arias, Florin; Marcel Thurston, Kennedy.

SOFTBALL
MVP: Aliesha Ayers, Rosemont
Coach of the year: Heidi Pierson, Kennedy
All-league: Kierston Jackson, Rosemont; Jennifer Romo, Rosemont; Melissa Mosqueda, Rosemont; Sara Delso, McClatchy; Cindy Palmeras, McClatchy; Iesley Pilgrim, McClatchy; Caitlyn Seymour, Kennedy; Bianca Rodriquez, Kennedy; Darrian Garnett, Kennedy; Erica Foster, Kennedy; Monika Qiokata, Hiram Johnson; Cheyenne Crump, Burbank; Dee Lee, Valley; Sunshine Gomez, Sacramento.

BOYS VOLLEYBALL
MVP: Peter Vang, Valley
All-league: Philip Yang, Kennedy; Alex Ganchenko, Kennedy; Jamon Joe-Smith, Florin; Steve Jones, McClatchy; Alex Chao, McClatchy; Vue Thao, Hiram Johnson; Phillip Nguyen, Valley; Mark Demille, Valley; Chan Bui, Valley; Anthony Jones, Sacramento; Wan Lee, Burbank.

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Moorpark principal started as a classroom volunteer

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Carrie Pentis has filled all the class schedules for this year, as she talks to Tara Thomas, assistant principal at Moorpark High School. All the class schedules are behind her. Pentis is the new principal at Moorpark High School.

Editor’s Note: This is one in a series of stories this summer on new principals at Ventura County public schools.Carrie Pentis started on her path to becoming principal at Moorpark High School volunteering in her sons’ classrooms.

Pentis, 48, was to take over Friday as Moorpark High principal, having served as assistant principal and dean of student discipline. But her first role in Moorpark schools was as a volunteer, then PTA president.

That experience, along with being a single mom and going back to school, helped prepare her to be a principal, Pentis said.

Photo by Juan Carlo

Pentis works in her office at Moorpark High School.

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