Scott McKinney, who hosted the popular “Southern Sports Tonight” radio program, pleaded guilty today to nine counts of theft and a count each of fraud
Scott McKinney, who hosted the popular “Southern Sports Tonight” radio program, pleaded guilty today to nine counts of theft and a count each of fraud, money laundering and racketeering. Russ Edgar, the prosecutor in the case, told the newspaper that the plea arrangement was made to keep McKinney out of a local jail.
“We don’t want our victims to hear him broadcasting from the county jail on a work release,” Edgar told the Florida newspaper.According to the report, McKinney will serve at least a year and a day in prison and could serve up to five years. Sentencing is set for Feb. 24.McKinney is accused of bilking investors in Florida of over $100,000 to help fund his radio ventures in the Florida Panhandle around 2005.
A pair of Mississippi men and a Nashville man said last year that McKinney scammed them out of about $140,000 in 2001 and 2002 to fund the startup of the show.
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