CHARLOTTE — A Charlotte father won’t spend any time in prison for spending COVID relief money on a beach house vacation and a Jeep Wrangler.
According to the Charlotte Observer, Shawn O’Donnell received $200,000.
Prosecutors said he falsified Paycheck Protection Program loan applications four times.
A judge sentenced him to 10 months of house arrest and two years of probation.
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