Lasseter reports to prison today
Former Gwinnett County Commissioner Shirley Lasseter reports to a Florida prison today.
Lasseter will report to Federal Prison Camp Marianna in Marianna, Fla., to begin serving a 33-month sentence on a bribery charge. In May Lasseter resigned her commission post and admitted accepting $36,500 from an undercover FBI agent in exchange for her vote on a Boggs Road real estate development.
Three others also have pleaded guilty to bribery and other charges in the ongoing federal corruption investigation.
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David Wickert writes about the state budget, finance and voting issues. Previously, he covered local government and politics in Gwinnett and Fulton counties. Before moving to Atlanta, he worked at newspapers in Illinois, Tennessee, Virginia and Washington.
