(UPDATE) Tollefson Expected to Plead Guilty
[Update 9:55 a.m.] Laurie Mason Schroeder of The Morning Call tweets that Tollefson is pre-empting trial with a guilty plea, but she doesn’t specify which charges he’s pleading to.
Confirmed. Don #Tollefson will plead guilty. @mcall
— LaurieMasonSchroeder (@LehighCourts) September 29, 2014
#Tollefson: "Hopefully the healing can begin now. "
— LaurieMasonSchroeder (@LehighCourts) September 29, 2014
Sentencing for #Tollefson likely to be deferred. Hearing should start within the hour. @mcall
— LaurieMasonSchroeder (@LehighCourts) September 29, 2014
Prosecutors say #Tollefson stole more than $200k through various sports ticket charity scams. @mcall
— LaurieMasonSchroeder (@LehighCourts) September 29, 2014
The prosecution speaks to victims in the Don Tollefson case. Tollefson's attorney indicates he will plead guilty. pic.twitter.com/KwMLTBsD5f
— Will Lewis (@WillLewisWFMZ) September 29, 2014
DA: Former sportscaster Don Tollefson expected to plead guilty today in $370,000-plus fraud scheme involving 200 victims.
— Ben Finley (@Ben_Finley) September 29, 2014
Don Tollefson's defense attorney says the plan is for him to plead guilty today. He "certainly" expects jail time for his client.
— Ben Finley (@Ben_Finley) September 29, 2014
RT @WillLewisWFMZ Nothing is on the record yet in the Tollefson case. Just an indication of a possible plea. http://t.co/KvcRCgDSoS
— WFMZ-TV 69News (@69News) September 29, 2014
[Original 9:10 am] Don Tollefson, the troubled former Philly sportscaster, goes on trial today for charges he stole money from sports fans who thought they were buying travel packages to major sporting events.
NBC 10 reports: “Tollefson allegedly funneled money he raised on behalf of charitable organizations into his bank accounts, prosecutors said. In all, the former FOX29 and 6ABC sports anchor, stole more than $100,000 from dozens of victims, according to prosecutors.”
The trial is scheduled to start today in Bucks County.
Previously: Don Tollefson’s Last Stand
