Formal charges were filed earlier this week in Carroll County District Court against a former Coon Rapids-Bayard employee accused of stealing electronic devices from the school. According to court records, 33-year-old Mark Thomas Holland of Audubon faces a single count of second-degree theft, a class D felony. A Coon Rapids Police Department investigation found Holland had stolen four district-owned Apple iPads while employed by the school between Oct. 14 and Oct. 28 and allegedly used them to purchase narcotics. Holland’s arraignment hearing has been scheduled for Thursday, June 23. He faces a maximum penalty of up to five years in prison and $7,500 in fines if convicted of the charge.
