South Pasadena Official Accused of Embezzlement Resigns
South Pasadena Assistant City Manager Charles M. Conn resigned Monday, five days after his arrest on suspicion of embezzling public funds from a professional association for municipal transit administrators.
Conn, 46, is suspected of taking $7,000 to $10,000 from the Assn. of Local Transit Administrators, funded by transportation funds from about 50 Southern California cities whose staff were members, police said. He was the organization’s president in 1994 when it dissolved, police said.
“His wife hand-delivered a letter of resignation today, effective immediately,” said interim City Manager Linda Holmes.
Holmes said it offered no reason for Conn’s departure. Conn was placed on paid administrative leave last Wednesday upon his arrest, she said.
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