March 17, 2006

WDET chief faces embezzling charges

The head of public radio in Detroit was charged with embezzlement Thursday, accused of accepting money, airline tickets and lodging while he worked as deputy director of a radio station owned and operated by the University of Michigan . Michael Coleman, general manager of Wayne State University \'s WDET-FM, was charged in 14A District Court in Ann Arbor with one felony count of embezzlement while at his former job at Michigan Public Media\'s WUOM-FM (91.7). \"At this point I have no plans to remove him as general manager,\" said Louis Lessem, the university\'s vice president and general counsel. \"We know very little about the charges.\" Further, Lessem said there were no plans to call a special meeting of the Board of Governors to discuss the charges.

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