Thursday, June 25, 2009
Longtime Perry County Officials Indicted
A federal grand jury has indicted 65 year old Chester Jones, Chairman of the Perry County Democratic Executive Committee, and 68 year old Sherman Neace, who served three terms as Perry County Judge Executive before losing in 1998. A two-count indictment alleges they committed mail fraud by sending a false report to the state election finance agency to cover a vote buying scheme, and they conspired to commit mail fraud. They're accused of diverting $7,500 from the state Democratic Party and using it to buy votes in the last November election. The mail fraud charge carries a sentence of up to 20 years. Arraignment is set for July 8th.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 7:22 PM 
