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Former West Haven athletic director arrested after stealing public money, police say

The former West Haven High School athletic director had been arrested after police said he stole board of education money.

Jonathan P. Capone, 65, of Benham Hill Road in West Haven turned himself in Tuesday night on charged of first-degree larceny and illegal use of a credit card, police said. He was in custody on $50,000 bail.

Police described the investigation into the alleged theft as lengthy, which included detectives conducting “numerous interviews, analyzing thousands of pages of receipts, bill and executing a search warrant.”