Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Former Perry Co. Official Pleads Guilty
Former Perry County Judge Executive Sherman Neace pleaded guilty Wednesday (today) to federal mail fraud, admitting, in an attempt to cover up a vote-buying scheme, he mailed false campaign-spending reports to a state agency. Authorities say Neace and Chester Jones, the head of the Perry County Democratic Party at the time, took $7,500 from the party and used it to bribe voters in the November 2008 general election, under the pretense of hiring people to perform election work. Neace faces a maximum 20 years when sentenced March 18th. Jones is scheduled for trial in January.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 5:49 PM 
