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Ticket sports host convicted

Rick Outzen January 5, 2009

Scott McKinney, co-host of “Southern Sports Tonight” and “Morning Wrap” on 98.1 FM The Ticket, pleaded guilty Jan. 2 to nine counts of theft and one count each of organized fraud, money laundering and racketeering.

The Daily News reports: “Eight of the theft charges involved money taken from investors in McKinney’s Southern Sports Tonight radio program. The ninth involved McKinney using his ex-fiancÃ©’s credit card to steal about $10,000 from her.”

McKinney will serve a minimum of 1 year and a day in prison, but will (amazingly?) stay on the air until his sentencing.

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Author: Rick Outzen

Rick Outzen is the publisher/owner of Pensacola Inweekly. He has been profiled in The New York Times and featured in several True Crime documentaries. Rick also is the author of the award-winning Walker Holmes thrillers. His latest nonfiction book is “Right Idea, Right Time: The Fight for Pensacola’s Maritime Park.”