Ex-Calif. City Mayor Sentenced for Bribes .c The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A former suburban mayor was sentenced Monday to nearly six years in prison for a scheme in which he and other government officials pocketed tens of thousands of dollars in bribes to steer city business to contractors. Daryl Sweeney was the second ex-mayor of Carson, a city of 88,000 in south Los Angeles County, sentenced to prison for municipal corruption in recent weeks. In imposing the sentence, federal Judge Percy Anderson said Sweeney and his conspirators on the City Council had a single goal - greed. ``I don't think this was about losing your way or taking a wrong turn. You're really nothing more than a thief - a petty thief,'' Anderson said. Sweeney was one of 10 people charged in a two-year probe of political corruption in Carson, a city of 88,000 in south Los Angeles County. In a 2003 plea deal, Sweeney, 47, admitted he joined with two then-City Council members to steer business to companies that rewarded them with kickbacks. Sweeney resigned from his post at the time. Sweeney faced up to 11 years in prison under the plea agreement; the judge gave him a reduced sentence to reflect his cooperation. He told the judge he was ``ashamed to be here.'' Last month, another former Carson mayor, Pete Fajardo, was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for agreeing to accept more than $120,0000 in bribes. 12/20/04 23:30 EST ===================================================== ActionLA Action for World Liberation Everyday! Tel: (213)403-0131 URL: http://www.ActionLA.org e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please Donate to ActionLA! Send check pay to: ActionLA/SEE 1013 Mission St. #6 South Pasadena CA 91030 (All donations are tax deductible) Please join our ActionLA Listserv go to: http://lists.riseup.net/www/subscribe/actionla or send e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/7gSolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
