Montco Man Convicted Of $843K Theft From His Radio Host Grandma

POTTSTOWN, PA -- A Montgomery County man has been sentenced for stealing $843K from his elderly grandmother, a well-known radio personality.

Calvin Steven Turner, 33, of Pottstown, pleaded guilty to charges related to the theft from Mary Mason, an AM talk-show host from Philadelphia, court documents state. He will not do jail time, but faces ten years of court supervision and numerous fines as part of his sentence, according to documents.

Last November, Turner pleaded innocent to 306 counts of forgery, identity theft, and related charges. He ultimately changed to a guilty plea to two counts of felony theft.

The Philadelphia Tribune reports that prosecutors had originally expected Turner to plead guilty to at least some of the counts from the beginning, but that was not the case.

Turner was first charged in Oct. 2016. Mason, who now suffers from serious dementia, was an icon on WHAT radio for years, known for her "Mornings with Mary" show.

He became the caretaker of Mason in 2012 when his father died, according to reports. Police were first tipped off when Mason's monthly bill of $7,700 at Sunrise of Lafayette Hill, her assisted living facility, went unpaid.

Turner used hundreds of thousands of dollars of Mason's money to buy two houses in Philadelphia and a lot in Pottstown, authorities allege. He is also accused of spending $15,556 at a strip club in Las Vegas and spending $73,282 on food, liquor, and cell phones, among other various expenses, all on Mason's dime.

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