Date: 2/13/2009
By DINESH RAMDE
Associated Press Writer
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A former Milwaukee alderman who pleaded no contest to charges of trying to buy votes and contempt of court has been sentenced to a year in jail.
Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Richard Sankovitz on Friday ordered Michael McGee Jr. to serve the state sentence after he finishes a 6½-year term in federal prison.
The 39-year-old McGee was convicted last year on federal charges of extortion and taking bribes from business owners. Prosecutors had asked for 18 months in prison and up to one year in jail.
McGee maintained his innocence before the sentencing. He says he’s sure a jury would have acquitted him if he went to trial.
He didn’t say why he pleaded no contest in November.
Copyright 2009 The Associated Press.
Ex-Wis. alderman gets 1 year for bribery, contempt
Posted on 14th February 2009 by Gordon Johnson in Uncategorized
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