Restaurant owner gets two-year probation for workers' comp fraud

YOUNGSTOWN — The owner of the Youngstown Sports Grille in Boardman will spend the next two years on probation after pleading guilty to five counts of workers’ compensation fraud.

Sean C. Pregibon, 36, of Brandt Place, Boardman, appeared for sentencing today before Judge R. Scott Krichbaum of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court. Pregibon pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor charges in October after reaching an agreement with prosecutors.

Jonathan L. Metzler, senior assistant Ohio attorney general who prosecuted the case, recommended a probation sentence for Pregibon in exchange for his guilty plea. He also asked the court to order Pregibon to continue monthly restitution payments of $1,000 a month while keeping up with his current workers’ compensation payments.

Judge Krichbaum sentenced Pregibon to two years’ probation and ordered that he make more than $30,000 in back payments in workers’ compensation at the already established rate of $1,000 a month.

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