SOUTH EUCLID, Ohio — A woman in South Euclid claims a former family friend took advantage of her son’s sudden death by setting up a scholarship in his name, only to steal from it.
Stephanie Kornet said David Gordon offered to help collect donations for her son, 17-year-old Alec Kornet, after he collapsed from a heart condition two years ago.
The money was supposed to support a scholarship.
Though Gordon opened an account, Kornet said the money never seemed right.
Then things took another strange turn when $10,000 went missing from the non-profit that supported the Brush High School Baseball Team. Gordon had been a booster with the group.
“I knew in my gut, I knew in my gut…he’s an opportunist,” Kornet said. “You hit us at our lowest possible point ever as a parent…and you took advantage.”
This week, a grand jury indicted David Gordon on six charges.
They included grand theft, claiming he took more than $14,000 that should have gone to the baseball program.
They also believe he stole nearly $3,000 that should’ve gone to the Kornet family.
On April 1st Gordon will face a judge to answer to the charges, which also include taking $22,000 in loans from a man he once drove a car for but never repaid.
Through all of it, though, the Kornets are proud of the fact they still set-up a non-profit for their son, Alec, which educates the youth on heart disease.
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