Judge denies early prison release of Canfield embezzler

YOUNGSTOWN — A judge has denied a request for early release from prison by a Canfield man convicted of embezzling $1.3 million from an Austintown trucking firm.

Judge Lou A. D’Apolito of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court denied the request by Scott Adair, an inmate at the Marion Correctional Institution.

In a written entry, the judge issued his ruling today without explanation and without conducting a hearing.

Adair, 52, has served nearly one year of his four-year prison term for aggravated grand theft, tampering with records, two counts of money laundering, complicity to theft and telecommunications fraud.

Adair and his wife, Linda, 55, stole the money from Southwind Trucking Inc.

Adair was the business’s co-founder, and his wife worked for the company.

She was sentenced to four years’ probation and 200 hours of community service.