Former Cleveland Host Sentenced To Jail Time

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Fox8.com is reporting that former Cleveland radio personality Joseph Spooner has been sentenced for profiting from a fundraiser intended for a woman with cystic fibrosis. It’s a story Radio Ink began covering in late December, and it hasn’t ended well for Spooner who was sentenced on Thursday Feb. 2, to 30 months in jail and payment of $16,000 in restitution.

Spooner (AKA J.G. Spooner), was a producer at 92.3 The Fan and the in-arena host for the Monsters hockey team. In November, he pleaded guilty to money laundering and theft charges. According to court documents he stole more than $7,300 from a GoFundMe account set up for a woman with cystic fibrosis. When the family started asking about the money, Spooner blamed GoFundMe. But prosecutors said he was spending the cash to live beyond his means.

“Everyone knew Joseph Spooner as a radio personality, but I don’t think anyone knew that he was a heartless con man,” prosecutors said on Thursday.

In December, Spooner was charged in a second scam. According to court documents, he took rent payments from seven people for a house in Cleveland he didn’t own. The alleged crimes happened between July 28 and Oct. 22.

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