Thursday, May 13, 2010
Former Perry County Official Going To Prison
KENTUCKY....
Former Perry County Circuit Clerk Chester Jones has been ordered to report to prison on July 13th to begin a 12 months sentence for his role in a vote-buying case. Jones, who served a term as state representative, was sentenced in federal court in London after pleading guilty to mailing false campaign-spending information to Frankfort in an effort to cover up a vote-buying scheme in the November 2008 election. Jones admitted he took $7,500 that was supposed to be used in efforts to boost voter turnout and instead used it to buy votes while running for a seat on the county school board.
Former Perry County Circuit Clerk Chester Jones has been ordered to report to prison on July 13th to begin a 12 months sentence for his role in a vote-buying case. Jones, who served a term as state representative, was sentenced in federal court in London after pleading guilty to mailing false campaign-spending information to Frankfort in an effort to cover up a vote-buying scheme in the November 2008 election. Jones admitted he took $7,500 that was supposed to be used in efforts to boost voter turnout and instead used it to buy votes while running for a seat on the county school board.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 10:07 PM 
