Ex-Gwinnett leader to spend Christmas in prison
ATLANTA — Authorities say a former Gwinnett County commissioner who pleaded guilty to accepting a bribe from an undercover FBI agent will spend Christmas locked up in a federal prison.
Court records show that that Shirley Lasseter is scheduled to begin her 33-month sentence on Dec. 12. The Gwinnett Daily Post reports (http://bit.ly/1141clA) that she will begin the prison term in a federal lockup in Marianna, Fla.
Lasseter has said that shortly after she took office in 2009, a developer offered her $100,000 for a vote on a waste transfer station he wanted to build.
She later resigned her office and pleaded guilty to accepting $36,500 from an undercover FBI agent posing as a businessman who wanted her vote on a real estate development.
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Information from: Gwinnett Daily Post, http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com
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