William Coleman III, former superintendent of Detroit Public Schools, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Texas on charges of bribery and obstruction of justice involving awarding of technology contracts with the Dallas Independent School District.
Coleman and another former Dallas schools executive are accused of taking bribes from a Houston businessman whose computer company was awarded nearly $40 million in technology contracts, according to a 16-count indictment returned May 22 and unsealed Tuesday in Dallas.
Also indicted were Ruben Bohuchot of Dallas, former chief technology officer of the Dallas school district, and Frankie Logyang Wong, co-owner and president of Houston-based Micro Systems Engineering Inc.
The indictment says that Coleman created a company called Kenbridge Consulting Services Inc. in November 2002 that issued bogus invoices to Micro Systems for payment.
Bohuchot at one point had a company called Information Solutions Group Services that partnered with a Roseville-based company, GVC Networks L.L.C., to win a $726,000-a-year portion of an information-technology contract for Detroit Public Schools last year. The Detroit school board rescinded that contract Dec. 14.
Coleman, 52, was deputy superintendent and COO at the Dallas school district from Aug. 30, 1999, to Sept. 15, 2000.
He became interim superintendent of Detroit Public Schools in July 2005, when he replaced CEO Kenneth Burnley.
Coleman was fired last March 8 after the Detroit Board of Education voted to hire Connie Calloway, who takes over July 1. Coleman is being paid through June 30 under his contract, which pays him $225,000 a year plus benefits. The board has appointed Lamont Satchel, the district's chief labor negotiator, as interim superintendent.
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