Former school district manager appears in court
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Brandon M. Keirns
JANESVILLE — The former Janesville School District information technology manager suspected of organizing a scheme to profit from district purchases is expected to appear in Rock County Court in January for a preliminary hearing.
Brandon M. Keirns, 31, Milwaukee, is accused of buying $215,000 worth of computer software from companies he or his friend owned.
Keirns is accused of transferring money the school district paid the companies into his personal bank account and using some money to buy a condo.
He is charged with two felony counts of being a public employee entering into a contract with private interests. State statutes prohibit public employees from arranging contracts for their employer that benefit themselves.
Keirns appeared in Rock County Court on Wednesday for an initial appearance. He appeared in court with his attorney, Trish Arreazola.
Keirns remains free on a signature bond. His next scheduled court appearance is Jan. 12.
Keirns, who was hired in December 2007, resigned in November 2008 after a computer virus crippled school district computers for weeks.
If convicted, Keirns faces a maximum of three years and six months in prison and a $10,000 fine for each charge.
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Nov 22, 2009 at 9:30 p.m.
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Who gets his condo?
Nov 21, 2009 at 9:55 a.m.
Nov 20, 2009 at 5:14 p.m.
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Before the Gazette's non-impartial editorial staff has a chance to do it, I respectfully remove my own comment.
Nov 20, 2009 at 3:24 p.m.
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Apparently, it's an easy thing to do.
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Also, he's been at this sort of gig for awhile now, hasn't he?
Nov 20, 2009 at 2:53 p.m.
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I went to school with this man. He was always buying things and then selling them to other people for more money (I bought a shirt from him in 8th grade). We both graduated from Evansville in 2006. Just seems weird that the IT coordinator in Evansville is also being charged with ordering electronics for the school and then intercepting them to sell on ebay. There must have been a class offered to learn how to scam school districts out of money.Guess I never looked at the class lists close enough at registration time.
Nov 20, 2009 at 2:29 p.m.
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(This comment was infected with a virus by the site staff, then "cured" with a program purchased from their friends at the Washington Post.)
Nov 20, 2009 at 2:14 p.m.
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hypNotize
Nov 20, 2009 at 2:03 p.m.
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In the photo it looks like he's practicing how he's going to hypmotize the jury.
Nov 20, 2009 at 8:20 a.m.
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Are the Janesville police still looking for him. Someone better call them and tell them his picture is in the paper.
Nov 20, 2009 at 8:15 a.m.
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He has that "deer in the headlights" look.
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Someone from a previous story posted the website video (I think if was You Tube) showing him video taping his new water-front condo. Nice. Bragging didn't get him too far.
Nov 20, 2009 at 8:06 a.m.
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This guy is smarter than I thought. Even after it's said and done he wont sit long, and at most pay 20K? What about paying the money back?I don't see any mention of that, so he still comes out almost 200k ahead? Wow guess I'm not going to work the rest of my life....(bad joke)
Nov 20, 2009 at 7:13 a.m.
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I suppose this is Janesville's idea of Bernie Madeoff? what a putz. I'm guessing he would not stand 7 minutes hard labor.
Nov 20, 2009 at 2:09 a.m.
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is that where our tax money goes? To buy a condo?
Nov 20, 2009 at 2:01 a.m.
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Put this loser away for seven years in Waupun. That will teach him.
Nov 19, 2009 at 11:42 p.m.
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20K fine for 215K theft?!! That wouldn't even cover paying taxes on legitimate earnings.
It's too bad the 7 years couldn't be hard labor.
Nov 19, 2009 at 11:19 p.m.
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The victims that suffered the most were the students in the school district. They deserved better than this.
Nov 19, 2009 at 9:19 p.m.
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So this is how it feels to stare into the face of pure evil, eh? No doubt, a criminal mastermind at work here!
Nov 19, 2009 at 8:56 p.m.
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