Felony fraud charges dropped against former Western High School debate coach accused of not paying $16k catering bill

The Broward State Attorney s Office has decided to drop felony fraud charges against a former high school debate coach accused of defrauding a debate tournament caterer Dario Camara was an English guide and the director of the speech and debate club at Western High School in Davie when he was arrested after Exquisite Catering by Robert filed a complaint stating that Camara never covered the roughly tab for the catering services he ordered for a debate tournament held over the class of three days After a thorough review of the affair it was determined that Camara did not act with the intent to defraud with the Assistant State Attorney Erin Veit writing in a close-out memo The food was ordered for legitimate purposes and Camara derived no personal gain Further more there wasn t a written contract between the catering company the vendor who provided the food and Camara according to the memo and because of the lack thereof it wasn t explicitly stated who will cover the bill When the lawsuit was initially filed News spoke with the company s lawyer Peter Sitaras who detailed the several instances in which Camara placed orders from October of through April of all of which went unpaid There was a gentleman named Dario Camara and he s a debate coach at Western High He stated in October of Oh we need catering services for this debate tournament reported Sitaras Camara was the vice president of operations at Florida Forensic League in which a lawsuit was filed against the organization and Camara for a similar occurrence Then in April he had two more catering events so same deal He stated you know Another event please cater it we ll pay you just bill it to Florida Forensic League stated Sitaras In this instance the Florida Forensic League settled the lawsuit between the company for resulting in the event being dismissed against the group and Camara Camara was also reportedly investigated by Davie Police on two separate matters one involving claims that he used a former roommate s identity to withdraw funds from a debate club account and another involving accusations of inappropriate texts exchanged between Camara and a minor No charges were filed in either event due to a lack of evidence