HARRISBURG — Attorney General Dave Sunday announced that the former director of a southwestern Pennsylvania youth football league was sentenced to 10 years of probation and ordered to pay at least $1,500 per month to the league he defrauded of more than $230,000.
57-year-old William Spencer, of Washington, previously pleaded guilty to felony theft by unlawful taking, and misdemeanor counts of receiving stolen property and misapplication of entrusted property.
An investigation revealed that between 2020 and 2025, Spencer diverted league funds to his personal accounts to fund credit cards, bolster a retirement account, and make various purchases at Amazon, restaurants, and other retailers.
He was sentenced Friday in Washington County Court. He paid up front $30,000 of the restitution owed, and is required to pay at least $1,500 monthly toward the remaining $200,939 owed. He will serve the first six months of probation on house arrest.
“This defendant violated the trust of the families, volunteers, and community members who donated and supported the league — which he left decimated financially,” Attorney General Sunday said. “Time and time again, he stole from league coffers, harming the young athletes, coaches and other program supporters with every dollar he took.”
Spencer was director of the Washington/Greene Youth Football League — now known as the Western Pennsylvania Youth Football League (WPYFL) — from 2013 until he resigned in March 2025. During his last five years, he diverted league funds to his own accounts.
Over those five years, Spencer fraudulently wrote 187 checks payable to himself from WPYFL’s accounts, totaling about $230,000.
The case was prosecuted by Senior Deputy Attorney General
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