Case Nd. 11 0K Qe IN THE JUSTICE COURT OF MEADOW VALLEY TOWNSHIP, NEVADA. COUNTY OF LINCOLN, STATE OF NEVADA. In the matter of AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT Application for ‘OF CRIMINAL COMPLAINT Criminal Complaint by Jeffrey Jourdan MEADOW VALLEY TOWNSHIP: Applicant JUSTICE GOURT PIOCHE, NEVADA rep — 4 lo} i) ‘STATE OF NEVADA ) CASE Wh al) ) —SS.—HIGBEE, KENNETH V. ay ida COUNTY OF CLARK ) JUSTICE COURT CLERI COMES NOW, JEFFREY JOURDAN, being first duly sworn, upon oath, deposes and says: Your Affiant is a Police Officer with the Nevada Department of Public Safety ~ Investigation Division and has been employed with the Department for a period of eighteen (18) years. Your affian ‘currently assigned to the Investigation Division as the Sergeant of the Southern Area Major Crimes Office. Previously your Affiant has been assigned as a Detective to the following assignment Enforcement Administration ~ Tactical Diversion Squad, United States Marshals Fugitive Inve: ‘Strike Team (Sex Offender Unit), Southern Area interdiction Narcotics Team. Prior to becoming a Detective, Your Affiant was a State Trooper assigned to the Highway Patrol in the Moapa District, where he was an Accident Reconstructionist as a satellite member on the NHP Fatal Crash Team. As part of these investigative assignments, Your Affiant received extensive training in basic investigations, narcotics investigations, major crimes investigations, crime scene investigation and processing, Interview & Interrogation, and search and seizure. Your Affiant has conducted over 300 Felony criminal investigations, including but not limited to homicide, fraud, forgery, embezzlement, money laundering, RICO, burglary, other crimes against petsons/property, other major crimes, narcotics trafficking, and Federal Pharmaceutical Diversion. Your Affiant was assigned to investigate the crimes of NRS 205.0821 Theft - $3,500 or more (Felony, Category B), NRS 205.377 Fraud or Deceit in the Course of an Occupation (Felony, Category 8), INRS Felony, Category204.030 Misappropriation and Falsification of Accounts by Public Officer (Felony, Category D), NRS 205.090 Forgery (Felony, Category D}, NRS 197.160 Presenting a Fraudulent Claim to a Public Officer (Gross Misdemeanor), and NRS 197.160 Misconduct of a Public Official (Felony, Category £); between March 2, 2013 and December 31, 2015. Your Affiant has developed Kenneth V. HIGBEE as the perpetrator thereof. Your Affiant offers the following facts in the course of the investigation of said crime: ‘Synopsis: During the time period of March 1, 2013 through May 31, 2016, Kenneth V. HIGBEE wes responsible for ‘overseeing the operation and proper use of funds for C.O. Bastian High School. Deanna JENKINS was 1Case Kp. CRAWL responsible for accurate documentation and reporting of COBHS finances. NVDPS-ID Detectives were able to locate at least $94,311.99 in COBHS funds embezzled by K. HIGBEE, through the assistance of D. JENKIN'S, during that time period. Some of these funds were embezzled through the disguise of one hundred fifty-seven (157) forged documents manufactured and/or uttered by K. HIGBEE and fifty-three (53) forged documents manufactured and/or uttered by D. JENKINS. The embezzled funds were used to purchase of a variety of items including but not limited to sports equipment, sporting goods items, sports clothing, sports shoes, tools, welding supplies, household items, electronics, and various other items. Some of these items were for K. HIGBEE’S personal use. Some of the items purchased with the embezzled COBHS funds were purchased for and located at the Pahranagat Valley High School. A large portion of the items could not be located. Per contract, COBHS funds are specifically for COBHS and all items purchased with them become property of the Caliente Youth Center. K. HIGBEE was also in possession of several blank COBHS approval forms with only COBHS staff signatures on them (forged documents with the intent to utter them), Investigation: In December 2015, the Nevada Department of Public Safety ~ Investigation Division (NVDPS:ID) was requested by the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department (LCSD) to conduct an embezzlement investigation at the C.O. Bastian High School (COBHS) located inside the Caliente Youth Center (CYC) in Caliente, Nevada. Sergeant (Sgt.) Jourdan was assigned as case agent. Set. Jourdan learned COBHS Is funded by the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services — Division of Child & Family Services. The funds are paid to the Lincoln County School District (LCSD), who is contracted to provide Educational Services and staff for COBHS. The LCSD is required to keeps LCSD and COBHS funds separate. Set. Jourdan obtained copies of the COBHS contract agreements governing from July 1, 2011 ~ June 30, 2013 (LCSD signature - Nykki Holton, Superintendent), July 1, 2013 — June 30, 2015 (LCSD signature -N, Holton, Superintendent), and July 1, 2015 — June 30, 2019 (LCSD signature = Kenneth HIGBEE, Principal). All three (3) contracts state “CALIENTE YOUTH CENTER will furnish the present school buildings, located at the CALIENTE YOUTH CENTER, with equipped classrooms, a library, a principal's office and all utilities, including heat and air conditioning.” The contract further states “All equipment purchased, with monies from this contract, shall become the property of the CALIENTE YOUTH CENTER and those items costing $500.00 or more will be given a C.O. Bastian identification number noted on the C.O. Bastian Inventory. No equipment, regardless of the cost price, may be traded, or otherwise disposed of except through the proper channels established in NRS Section 333.210 (3) and (5).” Sgt. Jourdan was advised Daniel C. McArthur, Ltd (Certified Public Accountant) had conducted a forensic, audit at COBHS for fiscal year 2014-2015. During the forensic audit, Daniel C. McArthur, Ltd. auditors located suspected fictitious/forged invoices that had been submitted to LCSD by COBHS Principal K. HIGBEE and COBHS Secretary Deanna JENKINS (D. JENKINS) on behalf of K. HIGBEE. The invoices were submitted with COB Approval Forms, signed by K. HIGBEE, and Purchase Orders (P.O.) signed by D. JENKINS which requested reimbursement of funds to COBHS accounts for repayment of items / equipment purchased for COBHS. Daniel C. McArthur, Ltd. auditors compared the original invoices toCase No. 11 CRQ the suspected fictitious / forged invoices and observed that items on vendor provided invoices were not ‘matching items on COBHS provide invoices for the same purchase date and amounts. The auditors were also noticing that purchased items were not consistent with items usually related to what COBHS should be purchasing. LCSD requested Daniel C. McArthur, Ltd to conduct a forensic audit on COBHS fiscal years 2012/2013 and 2013/2014 also. Daniel C. McArthur, Ltd auditors, as part of the forensic audit, conducted an inventory of COBHS equipment, utilizing invoices and purchase receipts. Daniel C. McArthur, Ltd. Auditors were unable to locate a large quantity of the items purchased by K. HIGBEE during those audit years. LCSD staff removed K. HIGBBE’S HP Envy COBHS Desktop Computer, D. JENKIN’S Dell XPS COBHS Desktop Computer, and a purple plastic tote containing 2014/2015 fiscal records from COBHS and secured them in a locked storage area in the basement of the Lincoln County School District Office located at 1191 Edwards St. Panaca, Nevada. LCSD employees also secured the following in the room: one (1) ASUS Laptop Computer (obtained from K. HIGBEE’s horne, three (3) Apple iPads (two from K. HIGBEE and 1 from D. JENKINS), three (3) external hard drives, and six (6) USB thumb drives. On December 22, 2015, Sgt. Jourdan served a search warrant at the Lincoln School District Office and seized one (1) HP Envy Desktop Computer, one (1) Dell XPS Desktop Computer, ane (1) ASUS Laptop Computer, three (3) iPads, three (3) external hard drives, six (6) USB thumb drives, and one (1) purple plastic tote with financial records (2014/2015). On December 23, 2015, Sgt. Jourdan turned over custody of the seized items to Forensic Examiner Chris DeFonseka, Nevada Attorney General High Tech Crimes Unit, for forensic analysis. On March 23, 2016, Sgt. Jourdan made contact with Sportco Sporting Goods in Las Vegas and obtained copies of all of the original invoices for CO Bastian High School between January 2012 and December 2015. Set. Jourdan was able to verify several “Sportco” invoices submitted to the LCSD by D. JENKINS on behalf of K. HIGBEE had been forged. During the course of the investigation, Sgt. Jourdan learned Kenneth HIGBEE was employed by the Lincoln County Schoo! District as the Principal of the C.O. Bastian High School during the time period of the investigation, January 2012 through December 2015. K. HIGBEE was responsible for overseeing the operation and expenses of COBHS, as well as being the School Wellness Policy Coordinator. K. HIGBEE was also the Head Football Coach and Assistant Basketball Coach for Pahranagat Valley High School (PVHS). Sgt. Jourdan learned Deanna JENKINS was employed by the LCSD as Secretary for C.O. Bastian High School. D. JENKINS was responsible for record keeping, including all financial records (to include but not limited to accurate record keeping of expenses, balancing bank accounts, tracking invoices and collecting monies owed for Career and Technical Education (CTE) program sales, paying expenses, submitting purchase orders to LCSD for reimbursement of funds, acting as a checks and balance on expenditures for COBHS. Sgt. Jourdan began obtaining copies of financial records from COBHS purchases from January 2012 — December 2015 from the audit files. These records included but were not limited to invoices, purchase receipts, bank statements, credit card statements, cancelled checks, and purchase approvals. NVDPS-IDCase Ko. MCR 2 personnel began organizing, reviewing, comparing, and documenting the COBHS financial records. NVDPS-ID personnel began conducting interviews with COBHS employees, CYC employees, and LCSD employees. On July 20, 2016, Sgt. Jourdan made contact with LCSD Secretary Teri Lee. T. Lee had previously contacted Sgt. Jourdan and advised him of some pre-signed CO Bastian Approval forms she had found in K. HIGBEE’S desk back in December 2015. They had been secured at the LCSD office waiting for St. Jourdan to pick them up. T. Lee had been assigned to work the front office of COBHS in Novernber 2015, after K. HIGEE and D. JENKINS had been placed on leave. In December, 2015, T. Lee was helping locate documents for the forensic audit and located several blank C.0. Bastian Approval Forms with only the Signature Department line filed in with pre-signed signatures on them. T. Lee found a travel suit order, a green index card with coach sizes on it, and a note with coach sizes on it in K. HIGBEE’S desk. T. Lee found several miscellaneous receipts (2009-2012), debit and credit card documents, 2010 football clothing invoices, a back-up CD (in D. JENKIN’S desk), and a file containing forged forms from the COBHS Alternative Education Program that had been located in the front office area of COBHS. T. Lee transported the documents to the Lincoln County School District Office located at 1151 Edwards St., Panaca, Nevada and secured them in a locked filing cabinet. On July 20, 2016, Sgt. Jourdan took possession of the forms from T. Lee, as well as other documents, and booked them into evidence. There were thirty-four (34) blank CO Bastian Approval Forms with the Signature Department line filled out with pre-signed signatures of COBHS and CYC employee ignatures. Some were color photo copies of signatures and some were original ink signatures. The approval forms contained the following signatures: Michael Burcham (2), Beverly Peterson (2), Chris Foisy (14), Sherry Spencer (4), Louis Menditto (2), Diane Johnson (2), Bruce Burgess (2), Greg Walker (2), and Talen Tibbitts (4). NOTE: The CO Bastian Approval Forms are a required form implemented by the LCSD in order for COBHS to be reimbursed for expenses. The form requires all purchases made at COBHS to have this form filled out with a date, the Account Program the funds are being used for, the Vendor, the amount of the purchase, whether it was a debit or a check, and the Description/Purpose of the purchase. The form is then required to be signed by the Principal and by another COBHS employee receiving/verifying the purchase. Sgt. Jourdan conducted interviews with CYC Superintendent Bruce Burgess and COBHS employees Beverly Peterson, Sherry Spencer, Louis Menditto, Diane Johnson, Greg Walker, and Talen Tibbitts regarding their signatures on these forms. Michael Burcham does not work ‘at COBHS (Las Vegas — Alternative Program) and Christine Fosy was out on personal family leave. 6. Peterson, S. Spencer, L. Menditto, G. Walker, T. Tibbitts, and B. Burgess all said the signatures looked like theirs. B. Peterson, L. Menditto, T. Tibbitts, and 8. Burgess all said they have signed blank C.0. Bastian Approval Forms for K. HIGBEE at his request on multiple occasions. G. Walker and S. Spencer said the signatures looked like theirs but they have no memory of signing any blank C.O. Bastian Approval Forms. G. Walker said the more he looked at the signature, the more the top signature started to not look like his. D. Johnson said the signature looked like her signature except it was missing her “dot” at the end. D. Johnson says she always puts a “dot” after her signature and the forms do not have the “dot”. D. Johnson said she does not believe she signed the forms. In March of 2016, Set. Jourdan interviewed COBHS employee Christine Foisy, who said she had never signed a blank COB Approval formCose 105. 11 CR Ale and the forms she signed had always been filled out completely. Based on these interviews and the documents found in K. HIGBEE’S desk by T, Lee in December 2015, Sgt. Jourdan believes the thirty-four pre-signed C.O. Bastian Approval Forms are forged documents that were in K. HIGBEE’S possession prior to him being placed on administrative leave. The investigation further revealed one hundred fifty-seven (157) forged documents signed and/or created by K. HIGBEE. One hundred thirty-three of those forged documents were C.O. Bastian Approval Forms created/signed by K. HIGBEE for the purpose of uttering to LCSD for reimbursement of funds to COBHS and/or to disguise fraudulent purchases of embezzled COBHS funds during mandatory annual audits. Details for these documents and purchases are outlined in the FORGERY / EMBEZZLEMENT TRANSACTION SECTION of this document. POSSESSION FORGED INSTRUMENT WITH INTENT TO UTTER (K. HIGBEE - 34 COUNTS) Set. Jourdan and Detective (Det.) Wehn had conducted an inventory at COBHS and CYC on May 24, 2016. Sgt. Jourdan conducted a second inventory on July 20, 2016. The inventories were conducted using a list created from invoices and purchase receipts of items purchased by K. HIGBEE between January 2012 and November 2015, at COBHS and CYC. A large portion of the items purchased by K. HIGBEE during these dates were unable to be located by NVDPS-ID personnel and/or Forensic Auditors. Set. Jourdan located several invoices created by the CTE program for clothing items that had been created for Pahranagat Valley High School (PVHS). Sgt. Jourdan observed several receipts from 2012 for electronic items (stadium speakers, sound boards, microphones, etc.) that would be utilized in a football stadium. Sgt. Jourdan conducted some research and noticed the items were purchased about the same time the PVHS Alumni Stadium in Alamo was remodeled. Sgt. Jourdan learned, from Cody Christensen, about a “Veridesk” (sit to stand desk) that had been purchased with COBHS funds and delivered to the front office of PVHS for PVHS Secretary Taunya Mortenson, Sgt. Jourdan obtained invoices from several of the vendors of the forged invoices K. HIGBEE had created. Sgt. Jourdan observed several of the original invoices were for PVHS football uniforms and PVHS clothing items (Football championship t- shirts and hoodies and PVHS sweatpants). On September 12, 2016, Sgt. Jourdan was contacted by Nevada Attorney General's High Tech Crimes Unit Forensic Examiner Chris DeFonseka. C. DeFonseka said he had completed the forensic analysis on the electronic devices from the LCSD search warrant from December 2015. Arrangements were made for Sgt. Jourdan to pick up the report and take custody of the items on September 13, 2016. Set. Jourdan booked the evidence items into the NVDPS evidence vault located at 4615 W. Sunset Rd. Las Vegas, Nevada. C. DeFonseka noted he was able to image the HP Envy Desktop Computer (2 hard drives) which had been utilized by K. HIGBEE in the Principal's office at COBHS. C. DeFonseka was able to image the Dell XPS Desktop Computer which was utilized by D. JENKINS in the front office at COBHS. Forensic Examiner DeFonseka provided Sgt. Jourdan with a Forensic Analysis Case Summary under Nevada Attorney General's High Tech Crimes Unit case number TFS-15-0053 and a compact disc containing a copy of the files found on K. HIGBEE'S computer (HP Envy desktop) and D. JENKINS’ computer (Dell XPS desktop), (On September 22, 2016, Sgt. Jourdan conducted an interview with Pahranagat Valley High School (PVHS) Secretary Taunya Mortensen. T. Mortensen said she was responsible for all of PVHS financial accounting, T. Mortensen said K. HIGBEE had come into her office one day and asked her if she liked the 5Coase No. PT CR 2 desk that D, JENKINS had. T. Mortensen said she told K. HIGBEE she liked it. K. HIGBEE asked T. Mortensen if she wanted one. T. Mortensen said she might like one. T. Mortensen said K. HIGBEE called D. JENKINS on his cell phone and told her to order another desk just like the one D. JENKINS got and send it to T. Mortensen at PVHS. T. Mortensen said the desk just showed up one day. T. Mortensen said PVHS never got any invoice or bill for the desk. T. Mortensen said there had been a lot of sports equipment purchased by K. HIGBEE that just showed up at PVHS. T. Mortensen said she never received invoices or receipts and PVHS funds did not purchase a lot of sporting equipment items such as basketballs, footballs, bats, baseballs, PVHS clothing items, etc. T. Mortensen said K. HIGBEE brought several boxes of clothing items printed with the PVHS logo on them from COBHS to sell in the concession stands. T. Mortensen was told by K. HIGBEE that all proceeds from the sale of the clothing items was to be deposited directly in the football account. T. Mortensen said PVHS did not receive any invoices to pay for the clothing items provided by K. HIGBEE to sell in the concession stands. T. Mortensen provided Sgt. Jourdan with a copy of the PVHS football account spreadsheet. Sgt. Jourdan traveled to PVHS and walked around the football stadium and concession area. Sgt. Jourdan observed several speakers matching the description of those listed on the COBHS purchase receipts. Sgt. Jourdan observed other items matching descriptions of items purchased by K. HIGBEE for COBHS. Sgt. Jourdan assigned Detective Wehn to begin developing a plan to write and serve a search warrant at PVHS to locate stolen / embezzled COBHS items. Sgt. Jourdan reviewed a copy of the compact disc provided by Forensic Examiner DeFonseka. Sgt. Jourdan located a file labeled HP Envy Micron SSD hard drive Report. Inside that file was a sub-file named HP Envy Micron SSD hard drive Report files. That file contained twenty-seven (27) Microsoft word documents (doc format), forty-seven (47) adobe reader files (.pdf format), and five (5) excel spreadsheets (xls format). Sgt. Jourdan located two (2) fictitious/forged Pro Look Sports invoice Templates (doc format), one (1) fictitious/forged American Stitch invoice template (doc format), eighteen (18) fictitious/forged Sportco invoice templates (doc format], one (1) fictitious/forged Badger Screen Printing invoice template (doc format), and seven (7) purchase order / invoice templates (.pdf format). One of the forged Pro Look forged invoices matched up to an invoice that had been submitted to the LCSD for reimbursement as “Tee Shirts” in 2012 (outside statute of limitations for charges but establishes historical pattern). Twenty-one (21) of the forged invoices had been submitted to the LCSD for reimbursement of funds to COBHS and/or were located in COBHS files for purposes of disguising fraudulent purchases of embezzled COBHS funds during mandatory annual audits. The forged documents and transactions pertaining to them are broken down in the Forgery / Embezzlement ‘Transactions Section of this Affidavit. (On September 28, 2016, Sgt. Jourdan conducted an interview with CYC Superintendent Bruce Burgess. B. BURGESS said CYC contractually provides the buildings, maintenance, and utilities for COBHS, as well as for the entire facility. 8. BURGESS said CYC provides meals, housing, medical services, counseling services, and recreational services for the youth confined to the facility. B. BURGESS said the LCSD provides educational services, administrative staffing, teachers, and custodial services for COBHS. Set. Jourdan asked B. Burgess if he was familiar with the C.O. Bastian Approval Form. B. Burgess said he was familiar with the form and had signed forms in the past, usually for expenses related to outings outside 6Case Uo 19 CR Qe of CYC that COBHS had taken students on outside, such as fishing trips, football games, and other field trips. B. Burgess said COBHS had provided supplies and food for these field trips, as well as a few barbeques at CYC on holidays. 6. Burgess was asked if K. HIGBEE had ever had him sign blank approval forms. B. Burgess said some of the forms K. HIGBEE brought him to sign had been filled out and some of the forms had been blank. B. BURGESS said K. HIGBEE would tell him what the expenses were for and he would sign the approval form, 8. Burgess was shown several C.O. Bastian Approval Forms with the signature “BE Burgess” on them. 8. Burgess said the signature was similar to his, but was written too perfectly on the signature line each time. B. Burgess said he did not believe he wrote that consistently on the line and that his signature may have been forged on some of the approval forms. Sgt. Jourdan began asking B. Burgess about specific expenses listed on approval forms with his signature. B. Burgess asked if CYC Administrative Services Officer, Sheryl Johnson could sit in on the rest of the interview, as she handles all of the purchases for CYC. Sgt. Jourdan began showing approval forms with B. Burgess’ signature on them to B. Burgess and S. Johnson. S. Johnson confirmed B. Burgess does not sign consistently on the signature line and did not believe all the signatures on the approval forms were signed by B. Burgess either. B. Burgess said he would never have signed for football uniforms, a hedge trimmer, paint sprayer or spray gun, or any other tools because he purchases those items for his maintenance crew. B. Burgess said he did not sign for any kerosene heaters {they are not allowed inside buildings), or Pergo flooring blades (CYC and COBHS don’t have any Pergo flooring). B. Burgess said CYC just purchased new vacuums and grills for all of the cottages because they were all old. B. Burgess said anything purchased for the work crew would have to be purchased in sets of 8, and would be all the same to avoid problems. In regards to a purchase submitted by K. HIGBEE for three (3) Tactical Ear Muffs and five (5) 3m ear muffs, B. Burgess said the work crew did not use “tactical” ear muffs and five (5) 3m ear muffs would not be enough for the work crew. B. Burgess was asked about sports equipment purchased for the cottages by COBHS. B. Burgess said CYC has money set aside for each cottage at Christmas time to purchase sports equipment and games. B. Burgess said COBHS has donated old basketballs to the cottages in the past. B. Burgess said he has no knowledge of COBHS purchasing new sports equipment specially for the cottages. (On October 18, 2016, NVDPS-ID detectives served a search warrant at PVHS and the Alamo Ball Fields. During the service of the search warrant at PVHS, Det. Wehn located and seized the following COBHS stolen/embezzled property at PVHS: Electro Voice Stadium Speaker (not installed), Sony Handycam (4x33), 2013/2014 financial records, 2014/2015 financial records, 2015/2016 financial records, and Varidesk (front office) . During the search warrant the following listed COBHS stolen / embezzled property items were located at PVHS but were not seized due to size and availability to remove / transport: Wacker Neuson WP1SSOAW Vibratory Plate, Titan Paint Sprayer (S/N 1237600368), Brinkman 6 burner event grill, Commercial Pro Deep fryer, Whisper Ductless Heat Pump, Graco X7 airless paint sprayer, propane tank marked “C.0.8.”, one (1) JBL Stadium Speaker (attached to the press box), four (4) Electro Voice Stadium Speakers (attached to the press box), Sennheiser microphone headset receiver (press box), Shure Wireless Receiver (press box), Shure Microphone (press box), Mackie ProFX12 Compact Mixer (press box), Proline Boom Mic Stand (press box), and Wacker Neuson BS70-2i Compactor (football field). During the search warrant, Det. Wehn observed the following items that resembled purchased items that were missing from COBHS: Athletic Equipment (basketballs, Volleyballs, Agil 7Case rd», (ICR 26 Equipment, and Athletic Tape). NOTE: PVHS Maintenance employee Ryan Rhodes told Det. Wehn that. both the paint sprayer and vibratory plate had been provided by head football coach K. HIGBEE. R. Rhodes said the vibratory plate had been left at PVHS by K. HIGBEE when the stadium was remodeled (2012). K. HIGBEE had also brought the paint sprayer to PVHS. K. HIGBEE had informed R. Rhodes vibratory plate were owned by COBHS and would have to be returned to COBHS if an inventory was conducted at COBHS. R. Rhodes also made a statement about his brother, Dustin Rhodes, donating uniforms to PVHS. Sgt. Jourdan was not able to find any record of payment in the PVHS financial records from PVHS to COBHS (or invoicing) for the PVHS clothing items K. HIGBEE brought from COBHS. However, there was record of the proceeds being deposited in the football account. During the search warrant at the Alamo Ball Fields, Det. Lefler observed the following items that resembled descriptions of purchased items that were missing from COBHS: one (1) Demarini Voodoo (- 3) BBCOR Adult Baseball Bat, one (1) Demarini CF7 (-3) COR Adult Baseball Bat, one (1) Demarini Pro Maple Composite Wood Adult Baseball Bat, one (1) Easton S2 BBCOR Adult Baseball Bat, one (1) Easton Mako (-3) BBCOR Adult Baseball Bat, one (1) pair Nike Air Huarache Shoes, one (1) Easton 3 in 1 Baseball Reflex Pitch Trainer (yellow/black), one (1) Pocket Radar Classic RP1000 (empty box only), one (1) Tanners Jumbo Rubber Band (for baseball gloves}, one (1) Easton Mako Fast pitch Softball Bat, and four (4) Easton A168017 Two-Tone Batting Helmets w/Masks Royal/silver. On October 18, 2016, Set. Jourdan interviewed PVHS Mike Strong, Sr. M. Strong, Sr. stated K. HIGBEE had been providing sports equipment, athletic items (ie. Basketballs, footballs, volleyballs, etc.), and clothing items for PVHS. M. Strong, Sr. said he knew the funds were coming from COBHS, but his school didn’t have the money for some of the things so he just overlooked it. M. Strong, Sr. said he was not aware COBHS had purchased items being used on the football field, as he had been given money to remodel the field and believed that money had paid for the items purchased for the remodel of the stadium and the audio equipment being used. M. Strong, Sr. sald he did not know COBHS had purchased the PVHS football uniforms from Pro Look Sports. M. Strong Sr. had been led to believe Pro Look Sports had been donating the Football Uniforms to PVHS. M. Strong, Sr. was given a copy of the search warrant, search warrant return, and a list of other missing/stolen items from COBHS. Set. Jourdan mentioned that an empty Pocket Radar box had been located in the baseball storage container and the pocket radar was on the list of missing/stolen COBHS items. M. Strong, Sr. said he would see what other items on the search warrant and missing/stolen items list he could locate at PVHS and would be in contact with Set. Jourdan. On October 20, 2016, Det. Wehn obtained a search warrant for K. HIGBEE'S email accounts, gohigbee@yahoo.com and khigbee@Icsd.com. Det. When served the search warrants and received emails from those accounts. Det. When reviewed the emails from those accounts and located an email conversation between K. HIGBEE and Dan Mullins (Dan@prolook.com), Marketing - Pro Look Sports. The conversation began on January 11, 2012 with D. Mullins thanking K. HIGBEE for the call and fax today. The email had a quote on the uniforms attached and @ copy of the finalized design. D. Mullins asked for a copy of the PO to get the uniforms going and off to the factory (Dusty Rhodes — dusty@prolook.com was Cc’d). K. HIGBEE responds on January 12, 2012, with “Lets cut the football pants down to the following: 4 small, 15 medium, 15 large, 4 XL, 1 XXL”. K. HIGBEE asked D. Mullins to 8Case oo. 11 CR 2b make the changes and resend the quote so he could get a PO. On January 13, 2012, D. Mullins responds with a new quote attached with the reduced number of pants, correct number of jerseys, and the revised cost per item. On February 8, 2012, K. HIGBEE responds with “We are good on this quote. | will be paying for this from my Football Account at Pahranagat Valley High School, so there is no PO. This is authorization for the order of the uniforms.” On February 8, 2012, D. Mullins sent an email to K. HIGBEE telling him he placed the order. On May 14, 2012, K. HIGBEE sent an email to D. Mullins saying “We received the uniforms last Friday. They are awesome. | submitted the PO for them. PO number is 177364 and has been approved for payment.” On June 11, 2012, Dustin Rhodes sent K. HIGBEE an email with a forwarded email conversation between D. Rhodes and Geoff Nelson, (Accounting — Pro Look Sports). D. Rhodes sent G. Nelson an email on May 11, 2012 stating the following “My buddy Kenny Higbee from my alma mater Pahranagat Valley HS said he sent a payment for the football uniforms he received this week (2012-2F5). The payment is described as t-shirts. Just a heads up. It may be from CO Bastian or Lincoln County also”. G. Nelson says he has not received the payment. On June 11, 2012, K. HIGBEE tells D, Rhodes he will be back in the office next Monday and will get it out for him. On June 12, 2012, K. HIGBEE sends another email to D. Rhodes that says “I just talked to the office and they said they will be cutting checks tomorrow. The PO number is 177364. It is for tee shirts.....4,379.62 in tee shirts...” On June 12, 2012, D, Rhodes responds with “Cool! Thanks”. Sgt. Jourdan located PO 177364. The PO was submitted to LCSD by COBHS, along with a forged Pro Look Sports invoice for the purchase of seven hundred (700) “Tee Shirts” in different colors. A template of the forged Pro Look Sports invoice was located on K, HIGBEE’S COBHS computer during the service of a search warrant (HP Envy Micron SSD hard drive Report — file 0001-0000.docx). This transa is outside the statute of limitations for prosecution but establishes intent and knowledge of forgery and embezzlement both by K. HIGBEE and D. RHODES for this transaction as well as for the football uniform purchase / forged invoice / forged check in July of 2014. Det. Wehn also located several emails ranging from 2012 ~ 2014 between K. HIGBEE and Badger Screen Printing. These emails arrange the purchase of football championship t-shirts and hoodies. Attached to the chain of emails was a copy of original Badger Screen Print invoice 35646 with “PV Panthers” above Ken Higbee in the Contact Information box. K. HIGBEE requests shipping of the items to his home address of 943 Higbee Ranch Lane, Alamo, Nevada 89001, but requests the COB School address to be on the PO. K, HIGBEE requests Badger Screen Printing take the “PV Panthers” and “Pahranagat Valley” from the invoice. K. HIGBEE requests the invoice “should only read C.O. Bastian High School”. Badger Screen Printing responds with a revised invoice 35646 where everything was removed except the COBHS information on the invoice. Once that is lined out the emails go back and forth ordering 2012, 2013, & 2014 Division IV State Football Champions T-shirts and Hoodies (with rosters and coaches on the back). On November 16, 2016, PVHS Principal Mike Strong, Sr. contacted Sgt. Jourdan, via telephone, and advised he had located a Panasonic HC-X900MP Video Camera (S/N D2HE00031) listed on the search warrant from October 18, 2016. The video camera was located in the Special Education Resource Room. The Special Education Teacher is Michael Strong, Jr, who is also an assistant coach at PVHS. M. Strong, Sr. said he had located the Pocket Radar model PR1000, in the Science Room. The PVHS Science Teacher and Baseball Coach is Brad Loveday. Originally there was to be a second search warrant to recover theCose No. MCR QL remaining items. After discussion with the Lincoln County District Attorney, Lincoln County School District, C.0. Bastian Staff, and NVDPS-ID command staff, it was decided to document those items in place. On January 19, 2017, PVHS Secretary T. Mortensen sent seven (7) photos of the Panasonic video camera and two (2) photos of the Pocket Radar to Sgt. Jourdan. Sgt. Jourdan observed the Panasonic video camera had COB-TECH 12-2 engraved on the bottom of it. This matched the COB inventory number assigned to one of the Panasonic cameras purchased by K. HIGBEE on August 19, 2012 at Fry's Electronics in as Vegas. On January 12, 2017, Sgt. Jourdan received an email from CYC Superintendent B. Burgess confirming CYC policies and practices regarding allowed CYC clothing items, CYC food policy, and COBHS student incentives and rewards. B. Burgess said as a reward to students, COBHS has an awards assembly each semester and issues certificates for achievements. B. Burgess said COBHS used to give students a candy bar & soda, but School Lunch requirements changed that to things such as granola bars and juice. 8B. Burgess said as a reward for the sports intra-mural program, each championship team (one girl group and one boys group) are treated to pizza and a movie at the school. 8. Burgess said this has been pretty consistent. Sgt. Jourdan had inquired about students being allowed to have iPods, Nike or other brand name sports clothing, shoes, or other similar items. B. Burgess said CYC youth are not allowed to have iPods or other electronics devices to prevent incidents of stealing, fighting, or other issues that can occur in a juvenile facility. B. Burgess said CYC provides all clothing, shoes, and hygiene related products for the youth at CYC. CYC monitors the individual youth’s clothing and shoes carefully, and often times will confiscate brand name clothing and shoes, which are replaced with “staties” (state issued athletic shoes). This is done to prevent stealing, fighting, trading, borrowing, gambling, and/or gang related issues that come from having name brand clothing and shoes. B. Burgess said he spoke with some of his senior staff that have been at CYC for a long period of time about COBHS purchasing brand name clothing and shoes as rewards for the COBHS students. 8. Burgess said none of his CYC staff had any knowledge of COBHS ever purchasing Nike or other name brand athletic shoes and/or sports clothing as a student reward or for any other reason to be used for students. B. Burgess sald at Christmas time COBHS puts together some gifts and a “stocking” for the students, which usually consists of such items as gloves, stocking hat, and a pair of slippers/house shoes. B. Burgess sald a couple times a year COBHS hosts a barbeque for the youth. COBHS will provide main menu items such as hamburgers, chicken, drinks, etc. B. Burgess said CYC would provide the side dishes from their kitchen. B. Burgess said on one occasion K. HIGBEE served beef steaks, which B. Burgess said was “definitely a treat for the kids”. (On January 26, 2017, Sgt. Jourdan conducted an interview with COBHS Summer School PE Teacher Kenneth Thornock (K. Thornock) at the Lincoln County High School (LCHS), Panaca, Nevada. K. Thornock is a full time teacher and coach at LCHS, but teaches summer school at COBHS. K. Thornock identified and verified his signature and provided comments on several CO Bastian Approval Forms (with attached receipts / invoices) which will be noted with each specific document in the Forgery / Embezzlement Transaction Section. K. Thornock added K. HIGBEE had provided some sports equipment to the LCHS as well as couple embroidered polo shirts for each coach at LCHS. K. Thornock said LCHS coaching staff were grateful for the items, but had noticed the Pahranagat Valley High School (PVHS) teams and coaching staff all had matching embroidered travel uniforms, polo shirts, warm up jackets, as well as 10Coase No. 1 CR 2 matching polo shirts for the coach's wives. Sgt. Jourdan asked K. Thornock about COBHS’ participation ‘in the NIAA. K. Thornock stated COBHS had received permission from the NIAA to play sports outside the walls of the facility about three (3) years ago but had never been able to make that happen and COBHS had not played any teams outside of CYC. K. Thornock said COBHS only played intramural sports. ‘Sgt. Jourdan asked K. Thornock if he knew anything about K. HIGBEE giving gift cards to teachers or students as gifts or rewards. K. Thornock said K. HIGBEE would always give one $25 gift to teachers for their birthday (only their birthday). K. Thornock said when the gift card program went away, K. HIGBEE let him order a golf bag from the SanMar catalog for his birthday. K. Thornock said he had no knowledge of K. HIGBEE giving the students gift cards, as they were not allowed to have them and had no need or use for them. (On January 26, 2017, Set. Jourdan conducted an interview with COBHS CTE Shop Teacher John Ahlstrom . Ahistrom) at C.0. Bastian High School, Caliente, Nevada. J. Ahlstrom is the full time Welding Shop, Wood Shop, and Agricultural Teacher for COBHS. J. Ahlstrom identified and verified his signature and provided comments on several CO Bastian Approval Forms (with attached receipts / invoices) which will be noted with each specific document in the Forgery / Embezzlement Transaction Section. During the interview it was noted K. HIGBEE had purchased eighteen (18) Lincoln Electric welding helmets, two (2) large welders, and eight (8) 101b spools of welding wire between July 1, 2014 and December 1, 2015 which were listed on approval forms to be for the CTE welding shop. J, Ahlstrom said he had not received any welding helmets from K. HIGBEE. J. Ahlstrom said he had received a grant for welding helmets a few years ago and purchased a large quantity of welding helmets (Miller brand) from Scholzen’s Supply in St George, UT. J. Ahlstrom said he still had a few of those welding helmets he purchased that were new in the box just sitting on a shelf in the shop storage closet. J. Ahlstrom stated he had not received either of the two (2) welders, but would like to have them if we find them (they have COBHS inventory numbers assigned to them). J. Ahlstrom said the COBHS welding shop exclusively uses Harris Alloy ER 705-6 (,035 X 331b) spools of mild steel welding wire. J. Ahlstrom provided the manufacturer sticker from one end of the box of welding wire from the welding shop. J. Ahlstrom said the welding wire K. HIGBEE purchased would not have been for the COBHS shop. J. Ahlstrom said he is a referee for the COBHS intramural sports program (not a coach). Sgt. Jourdan asked J. Ahlstrom if COBHS plays sports against other schools or outside teams other than CYC. J. Ahlstrom said COBHS used to play other teams, but has not played any other teams for at least ten (10) years. Sgt. Jourdan asked if there had been any talk about trying to start playing other outside teams again or any attempts to play outside the CYC walls. J. Ahlstrom said he had not heard any plans and couldn't see that happening with the way things were with the kids at COBHS, On January 26, 2017, Sgt. Jourdan conducted an interview with COBHS Science teacher Diane Johnson (D. Johnson) at C.O. Bastian High School, Caliente, Nevada. D. Johnson is the full time Science teacher for COBHS. Sgt. Jourdan showed D. Johnson a copy of a blank C.O. Bastian Approval Form and asked her if she was familiar with the form. D. Johnson said she was familiar with the form but she had never filled ‘one of them out. D. Johnson said the only purchase she has made for her class in the last ten (10) years. is for one subscription to Science World magazine (12-20 copies) and one (1) for Science News magazine (1 copy). 0. Johnson said D. JENKINS always ordered them for her online. Sgt. Jourdan showed D. uwCase No. MCR kp Johnson one (1) copy of a blank C.O. Bastian Approval form with Diane Johnson's signature in blue pre- signed on the Signature Department line (this was a copy of the original ink signature found by T. Lee in K. HIGBEE’S desk — December 2015). Sgt. Jourdan asked D. Johnson if the signature on the approval form was hers. D. Johnson said the signature looked like her signature all except for the dot she always puts at the end. There was no dot on the end of the signature on the form. Sgt. Jourdan asked D. Johnson if she had signed any blank approval forms. D. Johnson said she does not have any memory of ever signing any C.O. Bastian Approval Forms. D. Johnson said she just can’t believe she would have signed a blank form. Sgt. Jourdan showed D. Johnson a color copy of a pre-signed blank C.O. Bastian approval form with D. Johnson’s signature on it. D. Johnson pointed out that signature was also missing the dot at the end. D. Johnson said she does not believe she signed either form because she always signs a dot at the end. D. Johnson voluntarily signed a signature verification form. Based on D. Johnson's interview, Sgt. Jourdan believes the two (2) blank C.O. Bastian Approval forms (located in K. HIGBEE’S desk by T. Lee in December 2015) with D. Johnson's signature on them to be forged documents in K, HIGBEE’S possession. On January 26, 2017, Sgt. Jourdan conducted an interview with COBHS English Teacher Greg Walker (6. Walker) at C.O. Bastian High School, Caliente, Nevada. G. Walker is the full time English teacher for COBHS. Sgt. Jourdan showed G. Walker a copy of a blank C.0. Bastian Approval Form and asked him if he was familiar with the form. G. Walker said he was familiar with the form but there were not too ‘many supplies an English teacher needs to order and he had never filled one of them out. Set. Jourdan showed G. Walker one sheet of paper with two (2) color copies of a blank C.O. Bastian Approval forms with Greg Walker's signature in blue pre-signed on the Signature Department line (this was a copy of the forms found in K. HIGBEE'S desk by T. Lee in December 2015). Sgt. Jourdan asked G. Walker if the signatures on the approval forms were his. At first G. Walker said the signatures are absolutely his but he has no memory of ever signing any approval forms. G. Walker continued to look at the signatures then he said the signature on the bottom form looked more like his signature. G. Walker said the more he looked at the top signature the more he noticed differences in it. G. Walker said he was not saying the top signature was not his, but it didn’t look as much like his signature to him as the bottom signature did. G. Walker again said he had no memory of signing either of these forms. G. Walker voluntarily signed a signature verification form. Based on G. Walker's interview, Sgt. Jourdan believes the two (2) blank €.0. Bastian Approval forms (located in K. HIGBEE’S desk by T. Lee in December 2015) with G. Walker's signature on them were forged documents in K. HIGBEE'S possession. On January 26, 2017, Sgt. Jourdan conducted an interview with COBHS Librarian Sherry Spencer (S. Spencer) at C.O. Bastian High School, Caliente, Nevada. S. Spencer is the full time Librarian for COBHS. Sgt. Jourdan showed S. Spencer a copy of a blank C.O. Bastian Approval Form and asked her if she was familiar with the form. S. Spencer said she was familiar with the form but had not done very many of them, Sgt. Jourdan showed S. Spencer one (1) copy of a blank C.O. Bastian Approval form with Sherry Spencer's signature in black pre-signed on the Signature Department line and one (1) copy of a blank CO. Bastian Approval form with Sherry Spencer's signature in blue pre-signed on the Signature Department line (these were copies of the original ink signatures found in K. HIGBEE’S desk). Set. Jourdan asked S. Spencer if the signatures on the approval forms were hers. S. Spencer said the 2Cose Wo. 11 CROW signatures looked like her signature. Sgt. Jourdan asked S. Spencer if she had signed any blank approval forms. S, Spencer said she could not remember if she had signed any blank forms or not. S. Spencer said she could have signed them, it is her signature, but she does not remember signing them. S. Spencer voluntarily signed a signature verification form. Based on S. Spencer's interview, Sgt. Jourdan believes the two (2) blank C.O, Bastian Approval forms (located in K. HIGBEE’S desk by T. Lee in December 2015) with S. Spencer's signature on them were forged documents in K. HIGBEE’S possession. (On January 26, 2017, Set. Jourdan conducted an interview with COBHS CTE Hospitality and Tourism Teacher Louis Menditto (L. Menditto) at C.O. Bastian High School, Caliente, Nevada. L. Menditto is the full time Hospitality and Tourism teacher for COBHS in the CTE program. Sgt. Jourdan showed L. Menditto a copy of a blank C.O. Bastian Approval Form and asked him if he was familiar with the form. L. Menditto said he was familiar with the form, Sgt. Jourdan asked L. Menditto if K. HIGBEE had ever had him sign any blank C.O. Bastian Approval forms. L. Menditto said K. HIGBEE had requested he sign blank approval forms on several occasions in the past. L. Menditto said most of the approval forms K, HIGBEE would have him sign were not filled out. Sgt. Jourdan showed L. Menditto a copy of a blank C.0. Bastian Approval form with Louis Menditto’s signature in blue pre-signed on the Signature Department line (copy of the original ink signature found in K. HIGBEE’S desk). Sgt. Jourdan asked L. Menditto if the signature on the approval form was his. L. Menditto said the signature looked like his signature. Set. Jourdan showed L. Menditto a color copy of a pre-signed blank C.O. Bastian approval form with L. Menditto's signature on it. Sgt. Jourdan asked L. Menditto if the signature on the form was his. L. Menditto said the signature looked like his, L. Menditto voluntarily signed a signature verification form. Based on L. Menditto’s interview, Sgt. Jourdan believes the two (2) blank C.O. Bastian Approval Forms with L. Menditto’s signature (located in K. HIGBEE’S desk by T. Lee in December 2015) were forged documents in K. HIGBEE'S possession. (On January 26, 2017, Sgt. Jourdan conducted an interview with COBHS CTE Culinary Arts teacher Beverly Peterson (B. Peterson) at C.O. Bastian High School, Caliente, Nevada. B. Peterson is the full time Culinary Arts teacher for COBHS. Sgt. Jourdan showed B. Peterson a copy of a blank C.0. Bastian Approval Form. The form was printed twice (one over the top of the other) on a standard size sheet of copy paper. Sgt. Jourdan asked B. Peterson if she was familiar with the form. B. Peterson said she was familiar with the form. 8. Peterson said K. HIGBEE would bring the form to her just like that tell her he needed her to sign both copies. Sgt. Jourdan showed 8. Peterson one (1) copy of a blank C.O. Bastian Approval form with Beverly Peterson's signature pre-signed on the Signature Department line (copy of the original ink signature found in K. HIGBEE’S desk) and one color copy of a blank approval form (also found in K. HIGBEE’S desk). Sgt. Jourdan asked B. Peterson if the signatures on the approval forms were hers. B. Peterson said the signatures looked like her signatures. Sgt. Jourdan asked B. Peterson if she had signed any blank approval forms. B. Peterson re-confirmed K. HIGBEE would ask her to sign blank forms all the time. B. Peterson said K. HIGBEE would tell her they were for culinary supplies and she would sign them. Sgt. Jourdan explained one (1) original ink signature and one (1) color photo copy of a blank form with B. Peterson’s signature on them had been found in K. HIGBEE’S office desk. B. Peterson voluntarily signed a signature verification form. Based on 8, Peterson’s interview, Sgt. Jourdan believes the two (2) blank C.O. Bastian Approval Forms with B. Peterson's signature (located in K. HIGBEE’S desk 3Case Oo. MCRL by T. Lee in December 2015) were forged documents in K. HIGBEE’S possession. B. Peterson identified and verified her signature and provided comments on a CO Bastian Approval Form {with attached receipt), dated 12/4/14, which will be noted in the specific document in the Forgery / Embezzlement Transaction Section. B, Peterson was also asked about other purchases K. HIGBEE made for the culinary arts program. B. Peterson said she has never used any canned chicken in her program. B. Peterson said K. HIGBEE would bring her sugar and flour in 50 Ib, bags and she would store it for use at later times. Sgt. Jourdan asked B. Peterson if she had any knowledge of K. HIGBEE giving gift cards to teachers or students as gifts or rewards. B. Peterson said K. HIGBEE gave one (1) $25 gift card for her birthday each Year. 8. Peterson said the only other time she ever got a giftcard from K. HIGBEE was when she spoke at graduation. Sgt. Jourdan asked B. Peterson how many employees COBHS had and she replied 15-16. ‘sgt. Jourdan asked B, Peterson if every COBHS employee were to get one (1) gift card for their birthday and one (1) for speaking at graduation, how many gift cards would K. HIGBEE need for COBHS employees in one year. B. Peterson said the most she could imagine K, HIGBEE would need for COBHS employees would be 30-40 git cards per year. 8. Peterson said not every teacher speaks at graduation, so not everybody gets two (2) cards per year. B. Peterson said she has no knowledge of students ever getting gift cards as rewards because that would not be allowed. On January 26, 2017, Sgt. Jourdan conducted an interview with COBHS Assistant Principal, Technical Coordinator, and CTE Graphic Arts Teacher Talen Tibbitts (T. Tibbitts) at C.0. Bastian High School. T. Tibbitts is the full time Graphic Arts teacher for the CTE program. Sgt. Jourdan showed T. Tibbitts a copy of a blank C.O. Bastian Approval Form and re-confirmed he was familiar with the form. T. Tibbitts said he was familiar with the form. Sgt. Jourdan showed T. Tibbitts two (2) sheets of paper with two (2) blank C.0, Bastian Approval Forms on each page (4 forms total). Each approval form had T. Tibbitts signature on the Signature Department line in black. Sgt. Jourdan asked T. Tibbitts if these were his signatures. T. Tibbitts said they were his signature. T. Tibbitts said sometimes K. HIGBEE would have him sign two forms on one page just like these. T. Tibbitts would sign both forms for K. HIGBEE. T. Tibbitts voluntarily signed a signature verification form. Based on T. Tibbitts’ interview, Sgt. Jourdan believes the four (4) blank C.0, Bastian Approval Forms with T. Tibbitts’ signature (located in K. HIGBEE’S desk by T. Lee in December 2015) were forged documents in K. HIGBEE’S possession. T. Tibbitts identified and verified his signature and provided comments on several CO Bastian Approval Forms (with attached receipts / invoices) which will be noted with each specific document in the Forgery / Embezzlement Transaction Section. T. Tibbitts also commented regarding a C.O. Bastian Approval Form with his signature, dated 8/10/15, that he had been in the hospital during this time. T, Tibbitts said the signature looked like his signature but there was no way he was at work to have verified this purchase or signed this form on the date stated on the approval form, ‘On January 26, 2017, Sgt. Jourdan conducted an interview with COBHS PE Teacher and intramural Coach Cheryl Phillips (C. Phillips) at C.0. Bastian High School, Caliente, Nevada. C. Phillips is the full time PE teacher and Intramural Coach for COBHS. C. Phillips identified and verified her signature and provided ‘comments on several CO Bastian Approval Forms (with attached receipts / invoices) which will be noted with each specific document in the Forgery / Embezzlement Transaction Section. During the interview it was noted C. Phillips had never heard of Sportco Sporting goods prior to the interview. C. Phillips said 14Case No. M1 CRAY COBHS staff are not allowed to treat student injuries with braces or sports tape. C. Phillips said only the CYC nurse was allowed to wrap / treat injuries or issue any kind of braces. C. Phillips said she asked K. HIGBEE for new volleybails and he brought her a bag full of used volleyballs with PVHS written on them in black marker. K. HIGBEE submitted several forged invoices from Sportco with C.0. Bastian Approval forms that had C. Philips signature on them. C. Pill s the head coach for COBHS intramural sports C. Phillips was asked about COBHS and their involvement with NIAA. C. Phillips said COBHS does not play any teams outside of CYC and only plays intramural sports. C. Phillips was asked if there were plans to play any outside teams and C. Phillips said she had not heard of any plans to play anything other than intramural sports, (On January 26, 2017, Sgt. Jourdan conducted an interview with CYC Assistant Superintendent Tyler Peterson (T. Peterson) at CYC, Caliente, Nevada. Sgt. Jourdan showed T. Peterson a blank C.O. Bastian ‘Approval form and asked him if he was familiar with the form. T. Peterson said he was familiar with the form but had not signed very many because that was CYC Superintendent Bruce Burgess’ job. T. Peterson said he only signed the forms when B. Burgess was absent. T. Peterson said he had mostly signed for food receipts or field trips. Sgt. Jourdan told T. Peterson there were two (2) purchases in particular that were in question. Both purchases were for sports equipment from Dick's Sporting Goods. (One was for $304.00 and the other was for $393.56. T. Peterson sald he has never signed any approval forms for sports equipment or for any purchases at Dick’s Sporting Goods. T, Peterson said he has signed for purchases around $100, not $350-400. Sgt. Jourdan asked T. Peterson if he had ever been asked by K. HIGBEE to sign any blank approval forms. T. Peterson said he does not remember ever signing any blank approval forms. T. Peterson was shown the two approval forms and attached receipts. T. Peterson said the signature was close to his signature but had too much going on in the middle. T. Peterson said the signature was not his signature, T. Peterson provided comments on two CO Bastian Approval Forms (with attached receipts / invoices) which will be noted with the specific documents in the Forgery / Embezzlement Transaction Section. T, Peterson commented there were hoodies purchased on the receipts as “student rewards”. T. Peterson said Hoodies were outlawed at CYC and the youth at CYC were not allowed to have Hoodies. T. Peterson said the youth at CYC received a pizza party as a reward for intramural sports and used to get candy bars or a soda for student rewards. T. Peterson said physical clothing rewards were not given or allowed. T. Peterson voluntarily signed a signature verification form. On January 26, 2017, Sgt. Jourdan re-interviewed CYC Superintendent Bruce Burgess at CYC, Caliente, Nevada. Sgt. Jourdan showed B. Burgess two (2) color photo copies of the blank pre-signed C.O. Bastian Approval forms with B. Burgess’ signature on them T. Lee found in K. HIGBEE’S desk in December 2015. Set. Jourdan asked B. Burgess if the signatures on the form were his. B. Burgess said the signatures appeared to be his, except they were too perfectly written along the line like the other signatures Set. Jourdan showed 8. Burgess during the last interview. Set. Jourdan asked B. Burgess if K. HIGBEE had ever asked him to sign blank approval forms. B. Burgess said K. HIGBEE had asked him on several ‘occasions to sign blank forms. B. Burgess said K. HIGBEE would tell him the forms were for supplies or whatever and he would sign the form. Sgt. Jourdan showed B. Burgess a C.O. Bastian approval form dated 11/7/15 for the purchase of “Best Buy - iPod Nano 3 4.0 GPA 1" Quarter Rewards”, Set. Jourdan 15