By KERA News & Wire Services
Dallas, TX – The last two defendants found guilty in the Dallas City Hall corruption trial have been sentenced.
Monday afternoon, South Dallas activist Darren Reagan received 14 years in federal prison for his role in a scam to extort money from low-income housing developers looking to do business at with the city.
Car dealer/businessman Rickey Robertson was sentenced to three years.
Friday, Judge Barbara Lynn sentenced former Dallas Councilman Don Hill to 18 years. His wife Sheila got nine years. And former Dallas Plan Commissioner D'Angelo Lee received a 14 year sentence.
Sentencing is pending for seven defendants who pled guilty in the largest corruption case involving city of Dallas contracts.
Well-known Dallas Realtor Pleads Guilty To Tax Evasion
Dallas Realtor Nicky Sheets could get up to five years in prison for his guilty plea today to tax evasion. Sheets, along with his wife ran several high-end real estate companies.
Prosecutors say he hid money from the IRS, and co-mingled funds from various businesses to pay personal bills, and buy luxury items, such as cars.
Prosecutors say over eight years, Sheets failed to pay nearly three million dollars in individual and corporate taxes.
Sentencing is July 8th.
Perry clears man wrongfully convicted of rape
Gov. Rick Perry has pardoned a man who died in prison after serving more than 10 years for a wrongful rape conviction.
Perry on Monday granted a posthumous pardon to Tim Cole after receiving a recommendation from the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles.
Cole was convicted of a 1985 rape of a Texas Tech University student in Lubbock. The Army veteran was cleared by DNA evidence in 2008, nine years after he died in prison of complications from asthma at age 39.
The family sought a pardon from Perry, who was sympathetic but maintained he could not legally grant a posthumous pardon. The state attorney general clarified the law in January, clearing the way for a pardon from Perry.