‘Father Sam,’ Akron, Ohio area priest, sentenced to six months in jail, $830,000 in fines

OHIO
The Plain Dealer

By Plain Dealer staff

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Rev. Samuel Ciccolini was re-sentenced this afternoon in federal court — ending up with a six-mohth jail term and $830,000 fine after having an earlier sentence overturned, officials said.

Ciccolini, an an associate priest at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Akron, appeared before U.S. District Judge Games Gwin just after noon today.

Ohio.com reported that Gwin also sentenced Ciccolini to two years of supervised release and probation following the prison stay.

The report said that Gwin fined Ciccolini $584,272 on an income tax charge and another $250,00 on a bank fraud charge.

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