By Bill Rankin
March 2, 2012Former soldier Sandeo Pablo Dyson was sentenced Thursday to 18 months in prison aiding and abetting fellow inmates give false information to prosecutors, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.
Dyson, 48, while held in the Atlanta City Detention Center in 2009, obtained information about crimes and sold the information to another inmate for $20,000 so they could share it with prosecutors to get a reduced sentence. Dyson pleaded guilty to instructing his customer to tell prosecutors he knew the information firsthand and to not say he bought it from Dyson.
Bill Rankin has been an AJC reporter for more than 30 years. His father, Jim Rankin, worked as an editor for the newspaper for 26 years, retiring in 1986. Bill has primarily covered the state’s court system, doing all he can do to keep the scales of justice on an even keel. Since 2015, he has been the host of the newspaper’s Breakdown podcast.
Bill Rankin has been an AJC reporter for more than 30 years. His father, Jim Rankin, worked as an editor for the newspaper for 26 years, retiring in 1986. Bill has primarily covered the state’s court system, doing all he can do to keep the scales of justice on an even keel. Since 2015, he has been the host of the newspaper’s Breakdown podcast.