Head of Defunct School Charged with Federal Theft of Government Property The former director of a controversial charter school in the Midlands now faces federal theft charges over government property, according to the US Attorney’s Office. Benita Dinkins-Robinson has been charged with two counts of theft of government property while she ran the Mary L. Dinkins Higher Learning Academy, in Sumter and Beaufort. Allegedly, Dinkins-Robinson took government grants from the US Department of Agriculture and the US Department of Education and used … [Read more...]