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Library Board Finds Blank Checks, Questions Spending: Report

The library board ordered the destruction of 20 blank checks during a special meeting on Wednesday.

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ASBURY PARK, NJ – The Asbury Park Library’s Board of Trustees has alleged that the library’s director, Robert Stewart, uses blank checks to make unauthorized purchases, according to the Asbury Park Press.

During a special meeting held on Wednesday, the library board order that the 20 blank checks be destroyed after they learned that Stewart used one to purchase a storage unit after being told not to by the board.

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