Gman
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Empire Theatre Developer Found Guilty
Pettus-Brown Skipped Town With $184,000 Of City Money
POSTED: 2:12 pm EST November 23, 2004
UPDATED: 2:32 pm EST November 23, 2004
CINCINNATI -- A former concert promoter and pro basketball player who promised to redevelop an Over-The-Rhine theater was found guilty Tuesday of stealing $184,000 from the city.
Lashawn Pettus-Brown (pictured, left) was supposed to redevelop the Empire Theatre. Instead, he took the city's money and skipped town.
A Tri-state jury returned the verdict shortly after 1 p.m. He was found guilty on three counts of fraud and three counts of money laundering.
Pettus-Br
own disappeared in 2002 and was on the loose for more than a year before he was caught in New York last January. A woman did a Google s
earch on him before a date. When he showed up to meet her, so did federal investigators.
Pettus-Brown countersued the city last March, claiming it did not provide appropriate assistance needed to meet the goals of the project.
Sentencing has not been scheduled, but officials estimate the hearing will take place after Feb. 1, 2005.
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Whoever trusted this nigger with city money and thought the job would get done should be fired for being stupid!! Put a nigger in charge of money and it will be stolen. Put a nigger in charge of children and they will be raped!! Put a nigger in charge of........., well, I think you see where this is going!!
gman
Pettus-Brown Skipped Town With $184,000 Of City Money
POSTED: 2:12 pm EST November 23, 2004
UPDATED: 2:32 pm EST November 23, 2004
CINCINNATI -- A former concert promoter and pro basketball player who promised to redevelop an Over-The-Rhine theater was found guilty Tuesday of stealing $184,000 from the city.
Lashawn Pettus-Brown (pictured, left) was supposed to redevelop the Empire Theatre. Instead, he took the city's money and skipped town.
A Tri-state jury returned the verdict shortly after 1 p.m. He was found guilty on three counts of fraud and three counts of money laundering.
Pettus-Br
own disappeared in 2002 and was on the loose for more than a year before he was caught in New York last January. A woman did a Google s
earch on him before a date. When he showed up to meet her, so did federal investigators.
Pettus-Brown countersued the city last March, claiming it did not provide appropriate assistance needed to meet the goals of the project.
Sentencing has not been scheduled, but officials estimate the hearing will take place after Feb. 1, 2005.
Previous Stories:
Whoever trusted this nigger with city money and thought the job would get done should be fired for being stupid!! Put a nigger in charge of money and it will be stolen. Put a nigger in charge of children and they will be raped!! Put a nigger in charge of........., well, I think you see where this is going!!
gman