STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A civilian employee of the Police Department, who as president of a Rossville homeowners’ association used the group’s checking account as his personal piggy bank by siphoning off more than $300,000, pleaded guilty Wednesday to grand larceny.

Danny Juliano was accused of embezzling $366,380 from the Woodbrooke Estates Homeowners Association between October 2011 and February 2015 and then claiming he bought pool supplies with the cash. Juliano, 51, worked for the Property Clerk Division of the Police Department, said officials.

The defendant made numerous cash withdrawals from the association’s checking account without the approval of any board members, authorities said. As president, Juliano had the authority to sign checks for the group.  Read more: