Judge Matthew Kahn and Assistant District Attorney Erin Loback denied court-appointed counsel because Spingola has nearly $530,000 in his bank account. They said court-appointed lawyers are reserved for defendants with severe financial hardship. Spingola said he would represent himself if necessary and cited stage four cancer spread to his bones. He refused to use savings to hire a private attorney, stating hospital costs would consume everything. He faces multiple felony charges for aiding and abetting Sheryl Davis, who faces 17 felony counts for misappropriating public funds. Prosecutors allege Davis used funds for personal expenses, including luxury trips to Martha’s Vineyard, and directed over $1 million in grants to Spingola’s nonprofit without disclosure of shared living arrangements and shared financial accounts. Spingola previously had attorney Randy Knox but said he could no longer afford Knox’s fees and is living on Social Security after losing his Collective Impact director job in October.
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