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Former Hoosier Todd Leary Arrested, Faces Multiple Felony Charges

Feb 5, 2010 – 2:25 PM
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Former Indiana University guard Todd Leary was arrested Thursday night in Bloomington, Ind. on preliminary charges of 18 counts of misappropriation of escrow funds. Leary was allegedly involved with a title insurance broker -- who has already pleaded guilty -- who netted $2.7 million in a real estate scheme.

Leary, 39, was a member of the Hoosiers basketball team from 1989-1994, playing on the 1992 Final Four team. He was a sharpshooter from the outside, ending with a career three-point percentage of 42.3. He's most famous as a player for a late 3-point barrage against Duke in the Final Four that nearly brought the once-buried Hoosiers back into the game.

More recently, Leary has served as the color commentator for the Indiana basketball radio broadcasts for the past nine seasons. As a radio broadcaster, Leary became popular with Indiana fans for acting as an on-air fan and is notable for standing on his seat during the waning seconds of a Sweet 16 round upset of No. 1 seed Duke in 2002.

Leary was arrested just before the Hoosiers' 78-75 home loss against in-state rival and eighth-ranked Purdue.
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