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Ex-Arkansas Treasurer Gets 2 ½ Years in Prison
Source: Associated Press
Ex-Arkansas Treasurer Gets 2 ½ Years in Prison
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Aug 28, 2015, 1:40 PM ET
By CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press
Former Arkansas Treasurer Martha Shoffner was sentenced to 2 ½ years in prison on Friday following her conviction last year on federal bribery and extortion charges.
The Democrat was accused of steering state investments to a broker who gave her $36,000 in cash, some of which was delivered in a pie box. The 71-year-old resigned in 2013, days after she was arrested by FBI agents in a sting operation.
"It was wrong, it was unethical and it was a violation of the public's trust," Shoffner told U.S. District Judge Leon Holmes.
Sentencing guidelines had suggested a stiffer sentence, but Holmes said Shoffner had netted little from her crimes. Still, the judge said that because Shoffner broke the law as an elected official, it was appropriate that she spend time in prison.
He ordered her to report to a federal prison in Fort Worth, Texas, by Nov. 2.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Aug 28, 2015, 1:40 PM ET
By CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press
Former Arkansas Treasurer Martha Shoffner was sentenced to 2 ½ years in prison on Friday following her conviction last year on federal bribery and extortion charges.
The Democrat was accused of steering state investments to a broker who gave her $36,000 in cash, some of which was delivered in a pie box. The 71-year-old resigned in 2013, days after she was arrested by FBI agents in a sting operation.
"It was wrong, it was unethical and it was a violation of the public's trust," Shoffner told U.S. District Judge Leon Holmes.
Sentencing guidelines had suggested a stiffer sentence, but Holmes said Shoffner had netted little from her crimes. Still, the judge said that because Shoffner broke the law as an elected official, it was appropriate that she spend time in prison.
He ordered her to report to a federal prison in Fort Worth, Texas, by Nov. 2.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/arkansas-treasurer-years-prison-33386101
