A former food service director for an Illinois school district was sentenced to nine years in prison after pleading guilty to stealing $1.5 million worth of chicken wings that were supposed to go to students during the height of the coronavirus pandemic.

Vera Liddell, 68, was working for Harvey School District 152 when she placed orders for the chicken wings with a food provider for the district, Gordon Food Services, from July 2020 to February 2022 and billed the district while she kept the food, prosecutors said, according to ABC 7 Chicago.

She was accused of ordering more than 11,000 cases of chicken wings from the food provider and picking up the order in a district cargo van.

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Schools were closed during this time due to the pandemic, but the district was still sending meal kits to students learning remotely.

Liddell was charged with theft and operating a criminal enterprise in January 2023.

The scheme was discovered when the district's business manager found the invoices for the poultry during a routine mid-year audit last year, according to court documents, which noted that chicken wings typically would not be served to students since they contain bones.

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The audit revealed that the district's food service department had exceeded its annual budget by $300,000 with half the school year left, according to prosecutors.

Liddell had worked for Harvey School District 152 for more than a decade.

A Georgia man was shot and killed by police on Sunday after he was observed waving around a firearm near a gas station in Athens, according to officials.

Athens-Clarke County Police responded at about 1:20 a.m. on Sunday near the intersection of Lexington Road and Gaines School Road to a report of a man waving around a "machine gun," according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

Officers arrived and saw the suspect, identified as 26-year-old Marquavious Sims, at a Verizon store before crossing the road to the parking lot of a QuickTrip gas station.

Sims was chased by officers and instructed to drop the firearm. But at one point during the brief chase, Sims fired the gun at the pursuing officers. Two officers returned fire and struck the suspect multiple times.

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The suspect was given emergency medical assistance by officers at the scene until emergency medical technicians arrived.

Sims was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

No officers were injured during the incident.

Athens-Clarke County Police have requested the GBI to investigate the officer-involved shooting.

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The two officers involved in the shooting on Sunday have been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the GBI's investigation into the incident.

Sims' body will be taken to the GBI Crime Lab in Decatur, Georgia, for an autopsy.

When the investigation is finished, it will be handed over to the Clarke County District Attorney's Office for review.