Details on theft from Austintown Hall of Fame remain scarce

AUSTINTOWN

As a court case continues over a man alleged to have stolen funds from the Austintown Fitch Hall of Fame, details on what happened remain slim.

Martin P. Dyer, 54, of Maplecrest Drive, was arrested on a felony theft charge April 6. Online court records show a fourth-degree felony charge of grand theft involving between $7,500 and $150,000 from the Austintown Fitch Athletic Hall of Fame.

Austintown police officials did not comment on the case Thursday.

A state complaint details that the theft occurred between June and September 2014.

Austintown Board of Education gave approval for the HOF group to use its name, but did not have any control over the outside organization.

The redacted police report indicates that there were forged checks and money taken from a bank account.

Dyer is due for a preliminary hearing May 13 in Mahoning County Area Court in Austintown.

Tim Kelty, an assistant principal in the Austintown school district, is the founder of the organization and gave an interview for the first time since the police report was filed.

Read more about the case in Friday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.