Former school worker pleads guilty to stealing bus passes

COLUMBUS — A former employee of an Ohio school district has pleaded guilty to stealing bus passes meant for low-income students.The Columbus Dispatch reports that 63-year-old Mary Cockrell entered the plea Thursday to a felony count of theft in office. She paid $6,200 in restitution and was sentenced to time served.Cockrell worked for the transportation department of Columbus City Schools in March 2017 when she took a bundle of 100 Central Ohio Transit Authority bus passes.Columbus police