ATL lunchlady packed a daily lunch of $500/day for 15 years

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Channel 2 Action News has learned that Fulton County school police have arrested a former cafeteria manager suspected of stealing hundreds of dollars every day for at least five years Channel 2 investigative reporter Richard Belcher says that the total amount of money stolen over a longer period could reach $1 million, based on information from arrest warrants. The alleged thefts took place at North Springs High School in north Fulton County.

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A whistleblower provided video inside the North Springs cafeteria. There were four lines that each had a cash register to keep track of the money.

Standing alone was a blue cart that sold a-la-carte items for cash and never had a register.

Now, Belcher has learned that Fulton County school police obtained 10 arrest warrants for former cafeteria manager Brenda Watts.

The warrants accuse Watts of stealing $500 a day from the cafeteria.

Last spring, Belcher asked Beth Walsh, former cafeteria worker, how long the a la carte line had been running.

"At least 15 years. Up to maybe 20,” Walsh said.

The police charge that Watts stole $500 a day. That's $2,500 a week, which is a staggering $90,000 in a school year.

Over 15 years, that would be $1,350,000.

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