BOWLING GREEN An apologetic Preston Morrison was sentenced Friday morning to 30 days in the Wood County jail for stealing more than $68,000 from the Wood County Regional Airport.
Morrison, 23, of Rawson, Ohio had been a senior at Bowling Green State University and assistant manager of the airport when the theft was discovered early this year. He pleaded guilty in September to theft, a fourth-degree felony.
His attorney, Bill Hayes, said Morrison cooperated with Bowling Green police on the investigation and, with a loan from his uncle, already repaid $68,847 to the airport authority and $3,550 to cover the cost of a special audit done after the theft was discovered.
Wood County Common Pleas Judge Alan Mayberry cited those factors when he placed Morrison on community control for three years and said he could participate in the jail s work release program. He also ordered him to perform 300 hours of community service and have no contact with the airport or its employees.
"I am very ashamed of what I did and I take full responsibility," Morrison told the court before he was sentenced.
First Published November 21, 2008, 10:15 p.m.
