New Theft Charges Filed Against Former Bloomington Coliseum Manager

The latest theft charges against the former manager of Bloomington's city-owned coliseum accuse him of using taxpayer dollars to pay for minor league hockey.  The Bloomington Pantagraph reported yesterday on an indictment from late July against Bart Rodgers.  He's already facing charges for mismanaging the arena.  The new charges say Rodgers transferred 15 thousand-dollars from arena management accounts to the Illinois Pro Sports firm where he was a managing partner.