• Former DeKalb Commissioner Elaine Boyer is serving a 14-month sentence in federal prison after pleading guilty to defrauding taxpayers of more than $100,000. Her husband, John, pleaded guilty for his role in the same scheme and will be sentenced in August.
• The former head of construction for DeKalb schools, Pat Reid, and her architect ex-husband Tony Pope were convicted of racketeering and sentenced 15 and eight years respectively in 2013.
• One-time school Superintendent Crawford Lewis pleaded guilty to misdemeanor obstructing an investigation to avoid the possibility he could also be convicted of racketeering along with Reid and Pope. He was sentenced to 12 months in jail but is appealing that on the basis that his plea agreement was for probation.
• A former division manager with a janitorial service pleaded guilty May 26 to federal conspiracy to commit bribery of a public official. Cecil Clark admitted he provided an apartment to the man who oversaw janitorial services for both DeKalb County and at the Georgia World Congress Center in hopes of getting contracts with both the county and the state for Alabama-based Rite Way Service. He will be sentenced July 31.
• Patrick Jackson, a former DeKalb County and Georgia world Congress Center custodial services manager, pleaded guilty to federal charges he steered janitorial work to Alabama-based Rite Way Service in exchange for a luxury apartment, furniture and utilities. He will be sentenced July 16.
• DeKalb grease inspector Dameco Moss pleaded guilty in May 2011 to bribery and theft for strong-arming restaurant owners for money. He was sentenced to six months in jail and ordered to pay restitution.
• Jerry Clark, a former member of the DeKalb Zoning Board of Appeals, pleaded guilty in February to taking a bribe for his vote. His sentencing date is pending.
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