Talk show host McKinney pleads guilty to fraud
By Kyle Veazey
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A Booneville native accused of fraud in his home state has pleaded guilty to similar charges in Florida and will serve jail time, according to a report.
The Northwest Florida Daily News reported on its Web site that 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.
By Kyle Veazey
[email protected]
A Booneville native accused of fraud in his home state has pleaded guilty to similar charges in Florida and will serve jail time, according to a report.
The Northwest Florida Daily News reported on its Web site that 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.