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POSTED: 4:39 pm EDT September 22,
2008
UPDATED: 4:50 pm EDT September 22,
2008
CLEVELAND -- The former pastor of a Cleveland church pleaded guilty to theft charges on Monday.Donald Robinson is accused of stealing more than $200,000 from Lane Metropolitan CME.Prosecutors said the 56-year-old took money from a fund for the poor, stole the identity of a church member and used the church as collateral for illegal loans."A man of this status, who was a preacher, got up in court and admitted he stole from the church and took advantage of his position," said Cuyahoga County assistant prosecutor Jim Gutierrez.Robinson served time in a federal prison after pleading guilty to real estate fraud charges in Mississippi.He will be sentenced on Oct. 30.
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