Teacher Ordered to Pay Nearly $9,000 After Pleading No Contest to Fraud

A California teacher was ordered to pay nearly $9,000 in restitution after pleading no contest to a fraud charge for participating in a marathon a month after reporting a back injury that prevented her from working, according to PROBE, a division of VRC Investigations. Denise Jorgensen said she injured her back while working as a teacher for Kern County Superintendent of Schools in September 2017. She complained of constant, aching back pain that she rated as a six out of 10 and said was aggravated by bending and sitting. She was diagnosed with a sprain of ligaments in the lumbar spine and st...