PARIS – A former SAD 43 athletic director pleaded guilty Friday in Oxford County Superior Court to embezzling more than $10,000 from the district and Mountain Valley High School in Rumford.

Timothy J. McInnis, 52, of Rumford, appeared before Judge Ellen Gorman, who continued the case to Dec. 23.

McInnis, who was indicted March 20 by an Oxford County grand jury on a charge of felony theft, was employed by SAD 43 for more than 30 years. He was the district’s athletic director for the last 17 years. He was accused of taking the money from 2000 to 2003.

McInnis was placed on administrative leave in mid-January after school officials reportedly found discrepancies in his athletic department account.

He resigned Feb. 2 and has been free on personal recognizance bail since being indicted.