Comments about ‘No jail for Davis man in $4M scheme’

He pled guilty THEN attempted to tell all the GOOD he had done??????

Oh brother..............

THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL IS THE LOVE OF MONEY

Can Waddoups be removed from the bench? His ruling is jaw-dropping.

so, brought in $17 million and stole $4 million?

$500 fine? $800,000 restitution? What about the other $3.2 million? Or, more that nobody found? What about the corruption, and the possible past earnings on that $4 million?

Oh, there must be something I don't understand; something they haven't told the public. Then he's outraged that we learned of his crime? Just like the driver who commits infractions and blames the law abiding drivers.

Don't blame the judge, I'm sure he passed down what the law allows him to. Blame congress and our lawmakers for letting crimes like this go so under punished. If enough people form a voice, the laws can change to carry harsher penalties.

What a Neanderthal.

I remember when this first came to light. It was appalling someone would steal millions worth of money from students for their own pocket. Now to hear that a judge is truly letting this couple off easy is sickening. These plea deals prosecutors come up with are getting more and more ridiculous by the minute.

John Ross said "I am deeply offended by the trash that has been printed by Salt Lake and Ogden daily papers and my voice has not yet been heard."

Reply: I am deeply offended that you and your wife scammed the taxpayers of Utah, the Davis School District, and the good children of Davis County. Take your voice and just shut-up - we're not buying whatever lame excuse you want to spew out of your mouth.

Bernie Madoff should request a change of venue and be sentenced in Utah. He would have completed his jail time and probably be running another ponzi by now in Utah County.

As I read the comments I found it interesting that I felt exactly the same way. These are well-educated men and women who knew better. They have lived quite a life of luxury these past few years and now we know why. I don't know how good, religious people can excuse dishonesty and greed as they live day by day and destroy the value of example they have been to many friends, co-workers and especially family. Yet they try and excuse their choices and actions. They have compromised their beliefs and values for money. They knew there were consequences for their poor choices yet they became common in their thinking they could get away with it. Now anything and everything they do will be questioned. I've known Sue since high school and I had such a high regard for her never imagining she would do something like this. I am deeply disappointed but am more concerned about their families and dear friends who have been let down by their unrighteous decision to be dishonest. Thank heavens for the Atonement of Jesus Christ and the gift it brings to all, Repentance. They are in my prayers.

Who stole the cookie from the cookie jar?
John Ross, stole the cookie from the cookie jar!
Who ME?

What is the message here? "Do want you want, if you get caught say sorry and remind them how good you are?" They are ADULTS and knew what they were doing!

I see he was given a more lenient sentence because he's suffered a stroke and because he didn't have the same level of responsibility as his wife. OK, guess I can deal with that.

But, honestly. This guy helps steal $4 million dollars from little kids - kids who needed it more than most - and this is what he's got to say for himself?

"Judge not yet ye be judged."
You weren't in court, you don't have all the facts... you aren't in any of their shoes... so be careful what you say and remember what goes around comes around!

In a free market economy, you don't need judges! These crooks would never have been able to do what they did, and on a lesser scale would have been ostricized to the point of REAL pennance. Wake up people. Laws - Government - The State - It is all a fraud! When are we going to start taking responsibility for ourselves instead of depending on beaureaucrats that steal from us at the point of a gun?

"I was not purposely deceitful"??? Give me a break! I thought when one pled guilty, that person was required to take responsibility for his/her own actions. How does that statement about not being purposely deceitful fit into taking responsibility and what about the $4 million that this couple STOLE from the schoolchildren in this school district? What does he want us to believe- that he was accidentally deceitful??? That he defrauded this school district by accident? His voice has indeed been heard and what is heard is that he is a thief and a liar.
The district should pursue civil action against this couple to recover the entire $4M and then change their policies so that something like this cannot happen again.
Maybe this couple should have to do the same thing that I saw on the news that a couple of women did who stole from a child recently. The Rosses should have to stand in front of the district office every day for a week with a big sign that says, "I stole $4 million from the children of this school district". Maybe then, "justice" will be served.

So what goes around comes around huh, sure hope that 4 million comes around again so it can do some good for the kids rather than the Ross family. Who else prospered from the theft? I hope that part of the plea deal is that the Rosses will have to account for the full 4 million so that a relative somewhere is not set for the life of luxury on the tax payers "dime".

He looks like shawn Connery.

to come around to me so I might as well say what i have to say...the judgement is bogus...bank robbers who steal less get more and some of them face harder lives that drove them there...but to excuse these two ...just lets the others know they can get away with the unnacountable! Fire the judge!

Just another example of how out of touch our judges are.

Thanks for the warning about "think before you judge" and "I have never walked in their shoes so I don't understand their actions" and all that other garbage.
So if we are to believe Mr. Ross, he was the victim here. He supposedly didn't know his wife was taking advantage of her position and his position to perpetrate this fraud. He never thought to question her when the money was flowing in to their accounts? I'm sure they were paid handsomely for the work they did, didn't it down on him that his net worth was growing at an un-natural rate? Or was she hiding the money off shore and they have a golden parachute to fall from grace with?
I hope they put Ms. Ross away for the maximum allowed by law. They were put in positions of trust and they (she) lost their (her) moral compass when they (she) found loopholes in the system. In the end they are going to have everything of value taken from them.