HENRICO COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — The former president of Lakeside Youth Baseball League was sentenced to 20 years in prison for reported embezzlement from the team.
On Friday, March 1, Christopher McCook, the former president of Lakeside Youth Baseball League was sentenced to 20 years in prison for two embezzlement charges, but will serve only three years and six months behind bars.
According to evidence from the Henrico Commonwealth’s Attorney’s investigation, McCook used the baseball team’s debit card over 70 times between 2020 and 2021. He also made large withdraws from the team’s account, which added to more than $26,000.
In January, McCook filed a motion to withdraw his guilty plea to embezzling thousands of dollars from the team, however, the court ultimately denied the motion.
McCook received 10 years in prison for a first embezzlement charge with eight years and six months suspended, and 10 years for a second embezzlement charge with eight years suspended. He will be under supervised probation for five years once released on both charges.
