Chicago woman gets nine-year sentence for stealing $1.5m in chicken wings

Routine audit found school food service director took more than 11,000 cases of wings intended for remote learners

A school district official in Chicago was given nine-year jail sentence after pleading guilty to stealing a staggering $1.5m worth of chicken wings.

Vera Liddell, the food service director for Harvey School District 152 near Chicago, stole the huge amount of fast food during the pandemic and its aftermath, when the wings were meant for children doing remote learning but who were still picking up school meals, local TV station WGN reported.