For Jack Johnson, A Fall From Grace
Johnson is sentenced to seven years and three months in jail, plus three years supervised release.
Former Prince George’s County Executive Jack B. Johnson was sentenced Tuesday to serve seven years and three months in a North Carolina federal prison, ending a sensitive chapter in the county’s long political history. With his sentence, Johnson also received three years of supervised release and must also pay a $100,000 fine, $37,000 of which is due before he goes to the Butner Federal Correctional Complex on Feb. 3. In jail, Johnson must go through an alcohol treatment program. “In my wildest dream, I could not imagine being in a place like this," Johnson said before his sentence at U.S. District Court in Greenbelt. "I've lost everything — my reputation, everything I've worked so hard for." During Tuesday’s sentencing, attorneys for …
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madmary
1:17 pm on Saturday, March 10, 2012
I am a former PG County resident and I live in Anne Arundel Co. where our current county executive is indicted on charges. It seems that corruption is everywhere int he state. more ›