More details are known about felony theft charges filed against former Christian County High School football coach and athletics director Steve Lovelace.
As previously reported, the 51-year old Lovelace was arrested by the Christian County Sheriff’s Office on a Christian County Grand Jury indictment warrant for charges of theft by failure to make required disposition of property (over $10,000) and theft by failure to make required disposition of property (under $10,000).
The indictment says that between January 1, 2014 and December 31 of 2020, Lovelace utilized between 500 and $10,000 in funds designated for Christian County High School football for his own use.
He’s also accused of using over $10,000 in funds designated for Christian County High School for his own personal use.
Christian County School System Spokesman John Rittenhouse issued a statement saying, “As this matter does not involve a current Christian County Public Schools employee, Superintendent Chris Bentzel has no comment.”
It was announced in April that Lovelace accepted an assistant coaching job at Paducah Tilghman High School.