Taking money from homeless youth

A probation officer who worked as a case manager for the Department of Children and Family Services allegedly stole thousands of dollars from at least 11 homeless youths who entrusted him with their money Christina Villacorte in the Daily News..

Before dying of a heart attack on March 3, Deputy Probation Officer II Andre Toliver, 39, was assigned to the DCFS' Transitional Housing Program, which helps young men and women between 18 and 21 become self-sufficient after leaving foster care.

Toliver's responsibilities included helping them get jobs, and depositing part of their earnings into special trust funds, which for most were the only assets they had.

After his unexpected death, DCFS workers so rted through his case files and discovered that he had kept two sets of books on the trust funds, according to DCFS Acting Deputy Director for Service Bureau I, Diane Wagner.