Former Duncan Public Schools transportation director, husband wanted for scheme

DUNCAN — The former transportation director for Duncan Public Schools and her husband are accused of running a scheme to sell at least 24 of the district’s vehicles while pocketing the money.

The Stephens County District Court issued felony arrest warrants Thursday morning for Lee Ann Millan, 47, and Marco Anthony Millan, 52, both of Duncan, records indicate.

Lee Ann Millan is accused of embezzlement and Marco Millan is accused of obtaining by false pretenses. She faces up to 10 years in prison and he faces up to five years if convicted.

The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation was requested to conduct an investigation in March for alleged embezzlement within Duncan Public Schools. Agent Michael Francis stated officials had discovered approximately 24 vehicles were missing from the transportation department and many had been sold without the school system receiving and compensation, the warrant affidavit states. Many had been sold and registered with private citizens during Lee Ann Millan’s time as transportation director between 2016 and 2023, according to Francis.

Several cases were investigated and, in one, a man had seen an advertisement that vehicles were sale. He contacted Marco Millan and put in an $800 bid for a 1998 Ford F-150 and was told he’d won the bid, the affidavit states. He didn’t like the vehicle and said Marco Millan bought it back and, investigators learned, it was resold in December 2023 with Lee Ann Millan later admitting she signed over the title. Money from the sale was never turned back into the school system.

In another case, a woman bought a 2006 Ford Taurus owned by the school system from Lee Ann Millan at the couple’s home for $2,000 cash, Francis stated. Lee Ann Millan did not have an answer for why the money was never given to the school system, the affidavit states.

Duncan Public Schools Business Manager Lori McCann told Francis the school district had not received any money from the transportation department for vehicles sold except for in September 2021 when three buses were sold to Bixby Public Schools, according to the affidavit. The district received no money for vehicles in 2019, 2020, 2022 or 2023, the agent stated.

One man bought five buses from the transportation department in 2023 and, after paying the money, he said he was given the titles to the vehicles. Lee Ann Millan admitted she’d received the money during a recorded conversation but the money was not turned over to the district, the affidavit states. She had no explanation why the money was turned over, Francis stated.

In total, 29 vehicles were found to have been sold by the transportation department without funds being given to the school system and the purchases prices were confirmed at $25,837, the affidavit states. Nine busses sold through McCullough Trucking in Duncan were never re-titled so a purchase price was not available, Francis stated.