Former DeKalb County Schools Chief Operating Officer Pat Reid was resentenced to prison Tuesday for funneling money from construction contracts to her husband.
Reid was serving a 15-year sentence on charges of racketeering and theft by taking. The new sentence, imposed by Judge Gregory Adams, gives Reid 10 years on reduced charges of theft by taking, with five years to serve. An order for her to pay restitution of $5,000 is still in effect.
Reid and her ex-husband, Anthony Pope, who were still married at the time of the crimes, were found guilty of manipulating contracts worth $1.4 million, including $150,000 Pope was paid that he wasn’t entitled to receive.
A jury found them guilty in November 2013.
Pope, who was sentenced to eight years, is trying to file an appeal even though a deadline has passed. Adams ordered him to appear in court July 22.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution tried to contact his attorney, but had not heard back from him Tuesday afternoon.
Reid and Pope had been released in December because former Superior Court Judge Cynthia Becker found that they had been convicted on testimony that wasn’t truthful.
The Georgia Court of Appeals overturned Becker’s decision, and the case landed before Adams because Becker has retired. Adams ordered Reid and Pope back to prison last month.
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