Former Ney aide faces sentencing, asks for no prison time (with update)

[The Straight Story]

Former Ney aide faces sentencing, asks for no prison time

By MATT APPUZO
Associated Press Writer
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- A former legislative aide who wore a wire to help the FBI take down his congressman boss wants a judge to spare him prison.

William Heaton let FBI agents record his telephone calls and taped a 2 1/2-hour meeting with Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio. He leaked documents and worked late into the night and on weekends to avoid arousing suspicion that he was working with the government.

Heaton, 29, was to be sentenced Thursday in federal court. He faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison, but federal sentencing guidelines call for a more likely sentence of 18 months to 24 months. He is asking for no jail time, in part because of how hard he worked for the FBI to help take down Ney.

Ney resigned from Congress was sentenced in January to 2 1/2 years in prison. He admitted trading political access for campaign donations and expensive gifts.

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UPDATE:
Former Ney aide draws 2 years on probation, $5,000 fine
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/N/NEY_CORRUPTION_OHOL-?SITE=WBNSTV&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

[MagickMuffin]

1. I for one think he should've served some time behind bars

along with stiffer penalties. What they did was extremely WRONG. And the people who got screwed the worst were the clients that got ripped off.

What about them?

Where's their justice?

How can they get their money back?

Perhaps someone should lobby for their behalf. Like maybe a civil law suit....