Comments Thread For: Reggie Johnson Sentenced To Twelve Years in Prison

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

The Houston Chronicle reports that former middleweight and light heavyweight champion Reggie "Sweet" Johnson was sentenced to twelve years in prison by a Houston court. Johnson, 44-years-old, was convicted of taking more than a $100,000 dollars for summer boxing camps in 2007 and 2008, but the camps never materialized. Johnson's last fight was in February 2008 where he won a twelve round split decision over Julio Cesar Gonzalez.
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[ghost deini]

damn twelve years just for that

[Crazylegs77]

damn twelve years just for that

its texas suprised he didnt get the electric chair

[makav3li]

WTF???!!

There HAS to be more to this story, 12 years for basically stealing 100k???
How about those Wall Street bankers that literally steal and defraud hundreds of millions from people??? This is insane :s

[ghost deini]

its texas suprised he didnt get the electric chair

him being black doesn't help either

WTF???!!

There HAS to be more to this story, 12 years for basically stealing 100k???
How about those Wall Street bankers that literally steal and defraud hundreds of millions from people??? This is insane :s

i think he had priors

[The RealDeal]

Quite harsh a penalty for Fraud.

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

WTF???!!

There HAS to be more to this story, 12 years for basically stealing 100k???
How about those Wall Street bankers that literally steal and defraud hundreds of millions from people??? This is insane :s

From what I gather, he set up non-existent charities and then defrauded the state and others, by receiving grants that was meant to aid children displaced by Hurricanes Rita and Katrina.

[Sam Donald]

From what I gather, he set up non-existent charities and then defrauded the state and others, by receiving grants that was meant to aid children displaced by Hurricanes Rita and Katrina.

man 6years is enough

[VatoMulatto]

12 years???????????????????????????????? Only in America lol

[Pin Galarga]

"Don't mess with Texas" is not just a house bumper sticker. Texas don't play, but to compensate you can get the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation to sign off on anybody for the right price.