[naviga:h3]Former potato chip exec pleads guilty[/naviga:h3]

HARRISBURG — A former executive with a Pennsylvania potato chip and snack food company has pleaded guilty to defrauding the company out of roughly $1.4 million.

Kevin Myers, 38, acknowledged Tuesday that he received $651,000 in kickbacks while purchasing director at Utz Quality foods in Hanover.

Federal prosecutors say Myers received the kickbacks from 45-year-old Jonathan Haas, who owned Haas Packaging and Design when the thefts occurred between January 2010 and August 2014.

Investigators say Haas submitted bogus invoices for $1.4 million in shelving and packaging products that were never delivered to Utz. When Myers approved the payments to Haas, he kicked back part of the money to Myers.

Haas’ attorney, Stanley Margle, says his client plans to plead guilty, too, but says Haas disputes the amount of losses attributed to him.

[naviga:h3]AG: Foreign students abused at school[/naviga:h3]

EBENSBURG — A former house parent at a central Pennsylvania Catholic school has been charged with sexually attacking two Chinese international students he supervised.

John Bowman Thornberry, 28, of Mills River, North Carolina, declined comment when reached Tuesday by The Associated Press. He was charged Monday by the Ebensburg police and the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office.

Thornberry has lived in North Carolina since he was removed from his job overseeing Chinese international students at Bishop Carroll High School in February.

That’s when school officials alerted authorities upon learning of the accusations during a meeting with the foreign students.

Attorney general’s spokesman Jeffrey Johnson said authorities have a warrant but have yet to arrest Thornberry.