A Broward County middle school employee was arrested Saturday, accused of organising unauthorized basketball tournaments at the school gym and keeping the proceeds for himself, authorities said.
Shaune Cannon, 50, a behavioral technician at Forest Glen Middle School, faces one count of organized scheme to defraud $20,000 or less and one count of grand theft exceeding $10,000, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Bank records reportedly showed Cannon received multiple Zelle payments of $1,500 from two basketball organizations for gym rentals in April, May, and June 2025. The affidavit estimated the “total potential losses to the district” at $11,545. Presidents of the organizations confirmed to police that they had paid Cannon directly.
Cannon, who resigned Friday, had been employed by the Broward School District since 2011, previously working at Ramblewood Middle School before joining Forest Glen Middle in 2023. He was listed as the boys’ basketball coach at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School as of Monday, having reportedly joined the school’s basketball program in October 2023.
He is the fourth Broward School District employee arrested in recent months on similar charges. In December, Henry Lewis McNabb, a security specialist and former Blanche Ely High School coach; Brenton Hankerson, a security specialist and girls varsity coach at Coral Springs High School; and Donald Calloway, Coral Springs High’s assistant girls basketball coach, were arrested for allegedly holding illicit tournaments and keeping rental fees.
Investigations into the cases began June 3, after the district’s Special Investigative Unit received reports of possible fraudulent activity involving gym rentals at Blanche Ely High School. Authorities allege the other coaches had arranged similar tournaments through “private agreements” with outside basketball associations, often transferring payments among themselves to conceal the activity.
The school district has not commented on potential disciplinary actions beyond Cannon’s resignation.
