Toledo Radio: Radio DJ Get Probation For Slapping Woman's Butt

Mark Howington

A former Christian radio station music director was sentenced Wednesday to one year of probation after he was convicted of assaulting a woman in February.

52-year-old Mark Howington pleaded no contest to the misdemeanor charge in Toledo Municipal Court. Police said Howington on Feb. 11 slapped a woman on the butt inside the women's restroom of Target.

Judge Timothy Kuhlman also sentenced Mr. Howington to a $1,000 fine and 180 days in the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio, but suspended all of that sentence except for $100 of the fine. His probation requires an assessment, treatment, and no contact with the victim.

The Toledo Blade reports Howington was terminated from his position at Proclaim FM, WPOS 102.3 FM on Feb. 17.