Crime

Former DeKalb County commissioner gets slap on the wrist in extortion case

By Barnini Chakraborty
Published February 15, 2023 11:43pm ET
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Former DeKalb County commissioner gets slap on the wrist in extortion case
A DeKalb County commissioner found guilty on two counts of extortion was sentenced Tuesday to three years of probation and nine months of house arrest, ending an almost decadelong corruption saga that gripped Georgia. U.S. District Judge Mark Cohen sentenced Sharon Barnes Sutton after she was convicted by a federal jury last year. Prosecutors claimed […]

A DeKalb County commissioner found guilty on two counts of extortion was sentenced Tuesday to three years of probation and nine months of house arrest, ending an almost decadelong corruption saga that gripped Georgia.

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