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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday recently announced that the former director of a southwestern Pennsylvania youth football league was sentenced to 10 years of probation and ordered to pay at least $1,500 per month to the league he defrauded of more than $230,000.

57-year-old William Spencer of Washington, pleaded guilty previously to felony theft by unlawful taking, and misdemeanor counts of receiving stolen property and misapplication of entrusted property.

An investigation revealed that Spencer diverted league funds to his personal accounts to fund credit cards, bolster a retirement account, and make various purchases at Amazon, restaurants, and other retailers between 2020 and 2025.

Spencer was sentenced today in Washington County Court.

Spencer paid up front $30,000 of the restitution owed and he is required to pay at least $1,500 monthly toward the remaining $200,939 owed.

He will also serve the first six months of probation on house arrest.

Spencer was the director of the Washington/Greene Youth Football League, which is now known as the Western Pennsylvania Youth Football League (WPYFL), from 2013 until he resigned in March of 2025.

He diverted league funds to his own accounts during his last five years in his position.

Spencer fraudulently wrote 187 checks payable to himself from WPYFL’s accounts over those five years, and they totaled about $230,000.