Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Ex Judge-Executive Sentenced
KENTUCKY...
A judge has ordered three years of probation for a former eastern Kentucky county official in a vote-fraud case. Former Perry County Judge-Executive Sherman Neace pleaded guilty last year to mail fraud. He admitted mailing false election reports to cover diverting $7,500 from state Democratic Party officials and using it to buy votes in November 2008. The money was to have been used to boost voter turnout. Six months of Neace's probation will be on home detention. Neace lost re-election in 1998after serving three terms as judge-executive. He was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison in 2000 for selling used cars to the county at inflated prices while he was in office. Fomer Perry County Circuit Clerk Chester Jones also has pleaded guilty in the case but hasn't been sentenced.
A judge has ordered three years of probation for a former eastern Kentucky county official in a vote-fraud case. Former Perry County Judge-Executive Sherman Neace pleaded guilty last year to mail fraud. He admitted mailing false election reports to cover diverting $7,500 from state Democratic Party officials and using it to buy votes in November 2008. The money was to have been used to boost voter turnout. Six months of Neace's probation will be on home detention. Neace lost re-election in 1998after serving three terms as judge-executive. He was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison in 2000 for selling used cars to the county at inflated prices while he was in office. Fomer Perry County Circuit Clerk Chester Jones also has pleaded guilty in the case but hasn't been sentenced.
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