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Weather.... Published: 2/28/2008  Charter school volunteer is
sent to prison  DiCianni DiCianni  William DiCianni served time
in prison twice before in different states for money-related
convictions before he was given access to money at the now-
closed Performing Arts School of Metropolitan Toledo.  Yesterday
he was sentenced in Lucas County Common Pleas Court to a prison
encore.  DiCianni, 49, was sentenced to five years and four
months for four convictions. Originally charged with 28 counts
of criminal activity involving money, he pleaded no contest and
was found guilty Feb. 12 on one count each of passing bad
checks, forgery, grand theft, and money laundering. He also must
pay back the $90,857.50 stolen from the charter school. "I know
I did wrong and I know I deserve to be punished," DiCianni told
Judge Linda Jennings before sentencing.  Authorities said
DiCianni was never employed by the school, but was an unpaid
volunteer. He worked there after