Why was Indiana University basketball broadcaster Todd Leary arrested prior to the game against Purdue?”
I was chasing this a bit after the game and couldn’t come up with anything, but the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette is all over the story. Todd Leary, a former Indiana player and current color analyst on radio broadcasts, faces 17 felony charges for his part in a scheme to misappropriate real estate title funds. This story is, as you’ll see, multi-layered. According to court documents, Leary’s former teammate, Brian Evans, cooperated with state investigators to uncover the scheme. Leary played basketball for coach Bob Knight’s Hoosiers from 1990 to 1994; the team advanced to the NCAA Final Four in 1992. Leary once worked for former title insurance broker Joseph Garretson, who pleaded guilty this week in Allen Superior Court to conversion or misappropriation of title insurance escrow funds, corrupt business influence and unlawful loan origination activities in a scheme that court documents say totaled $2.7 million in losses. IU police arrested Leary – an analyst for the Indiana University Ra
Todd Leary: Former Indiana Basketball Player Charged With Multiple Felonies for Real Estate Fraud BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (CBS/AP) Todd Leary, an Indiana broadcaster and former Hoosiers player, has been arrested in connection with an alleged multimillion-dollar real estate fraud scheme. Records show that the 39-year-old Leary was being held Friday in the Monroe County Jail in Bloomington. The Journal Gazette of Fort Wayne reports that Leary faces 17 felony charges, including conspiracy to misappropriate title insurance escrow funds. The newspaper reports court documents say Leary once worked for a title insurance broker who has pleaded guilty to several charges in a $2.7 million scheme. Leary was a star at Lawrence North and played for the Hoosiers in 1989-94, including their 1992 NCAA Final Four team. Leary is the color analyst for IU’s radio broadcasts. It couldn’t immediately be determined whether Leary had an attorney.
Former IU basketball player Todd Leary was arrested Thursday by IU police on a warrant issued from Allen County in Indiana. Leary, a radio analyst alongside legendary IU broadcaster Don Fischer, faces preliminary charges of “18 counts of misappropriations of escrow funds,” according to the Monroe County Jail. The warrant was issued by the Allen County Sheriff’s Department and carried out by University police. “Leary is currently at Monroe County Jail waiting to be extradited to Allen County,” said Capt. Jerry Minger of IUPD. All of the charges are Class-B Felonies. He was booked in Monroe County Jail at 6:45 p.m. Thursday. Leary played at IU from 1989 to 1994, earning a trip to the Final Four in 1992. As a Hoosier, Leary sunk 77 3-point baskets, putting him at 11th place in the IU record books, and he is still in IU’s top-10 for 3-point shooting percentage at .423.
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