February 1, 2005

            LANSING – Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox announced today that an Oakland County jury has found former Oakland Intermediate School District (ISD) superintendent James Redmond guilty of misconduct in office and conflict of interest. Redmond, 53, of Rochester Hills, faces a maximum of five years in prison and $10,000 in fines when he is sentenced by 6^th Judicial Circuit Judge Gene Schnelz.

            "Today, a jury of Oakland County taxpayers held James Redmond accountable for violating their trust and misspending money earmarked for their children’s education," Cox said. "This was a complex case and I commend my Office of Special Investigations for their thorough, professional, and efficient investigation and prosecution. This verdict is a victory for Michigan’s schools and Michigan’s taxpayers."

            Attorney General Cox charged Redmond in March, 2004 after a ten-month investigation into allegations of improprieties in the management and operation of the Oakland ISD. The charges focused specifically on a two-year pattern of behavior Redmond engaged in with two companies, the MINDS Institute and DataServ, while also serving as ISD superintendent.

            The case is the latest victory for the Attorney General’s Office of Special Investigations, formed by Cox in 2003 to investigate and prosecute public corruption cases and cold case homicides. In addition to Redmond, the unit is responsible for almost 50 public corruption investigations.

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For further information contact: Allison Pierce
517-373-8060 (Office)
State of Michigan, Department of Attorney General