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Posted: September 1, 2011

Apex man charged with stealing from Boy Scouts

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Apex, N.C. — An Apex man has been charged with stealing about $2,600 from the local offices of the Boy Scouts of America.

James Warren Rupp, 46, of 9037 Holly Springs Road in Apex, surrendered to police Wednesday and was charged with embezzlement. He was released after posting a $5,000 bond.

Investigators said Rupp was in charge of the popcorn sale money for the Boy Scouts and that he stole some of it between Jan. 1 and July 6.

Rupp is on probation for a 2007 conviction for obtaining property by false pretense. He also was convicted in 2006 on that charge, as well as larceny by employee and writing worthless checks, according to state Department of Correction records.

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"An Apex man has been charged with stealing about $2,600 from the local offices of the Boy Scouts of America."

If he embezzled from the "local offices" that sounds like he worked at Council, not for a unit or a District, and was more likely to be a paid employee than an adult volunteer. It's also unlikely that he works directly with Scouts. I'm not sure if employees go through the same sort of background checks that the volunteers do. Popcorn money is collected at the local units and some portion of that is sent to Council to "pay the bills", so the units (and the Scouts themselves) probably weren't impacted directly by this theft. Occoneechee Council would have been, thought. While this indirectly affects all Scouts, the impact is spread across a wider area and is probably less severe. Still, WHAT WAS HE THINKING???

davidk_at_unc
September 2, 2011 12:46 p.m.

Times are tough. This is nothing compared to what we will continue to see going forward. Who among you has stolen from your mom lately?

Screw WrAl
September 2, 2011 9:29 a.m.

WHY DIDNT HE HAVE A BACKGROUND CHECK. I AM A SCOUT LEADER AND I HAVE TO FILL OUT A FORM EVERY YEAR FOR ONE.

keelboyzmom
September 2, 2011 9:11 a.m.

Sorry for the scouts that had to learn from this.

Rebelyell55
September 1, 2011 6:20 p.m.

Clarification: National asked EVERYONE to register no matter how long their service. They asked for permission to do a background check. If no permission was given, you were asked to resign from the program. This guy should have been caught no matter is he was there thirty years!