Thursday, January 28, 2010
Former Perry County Official Pleads Guilty
KENTUCKY....
Former Perry County Circuit Clerk Chester Jones pleaded guilty Thursday to taking part in a vote buying scheme in November 2008...admitting he mailed a false campaign-spending report to Frankfort. Jones and former county Judge-Executive Sherman Neace, who pleaded guilty earlier, were charged with taking $7,500 from the state Democratic Party to buy votes for themselves while Jones was running for school board and Neace was running for magistrate.
Former Perry County Circuit Clerk Chester Jones pleaded guilty Thursday to taking part in a vote buying scheme in November 2008...admitting he mailed a false campaign-spending report to Frankfort. Jones and former county Judge-Executive Sherman Neace, who pleaded guilty earlier, were charged with taking $7,500 from the state Democratic Party to buy votes for themselves while Jones was running for school board and Neace was running for magistrate.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 8:45 PM 
