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Friday, January 4, 2013

Mark Gary Sentencing for Bribery Delayed

Gwinnett developer now scheduled to be sentenced Feb. 28 for bribing former Gwinnett County commissioner Shirley Lasseter.

U.S. District Court Judge Charles A. Pannell Jr. has continued the sentencing hearing for Gwinnett developer Mark Gary until late February. Gary pleaded guilty to a federal bribery charge Oct. 1 in Judge Pannell’s courtroom and was scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 3. Gary’s sentencing is now scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Feb. 28 in Courtroom 2307 of the Richard B. Russell Federal Building in Atlanta. Federal prosecutors had requested a sentencing delay of up to 60 days to facilitate matters relating to Gary’s cooperation in an ongoing investigation of government corruption in Gwinnett County. Gary admitted to bribing former Gwinnett County commissioner Shirley Lasseter to obtain commission approval in 2009 of a controversial $4-million waste …

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Thursday, December 13, 2012

Lasseter Reports to Florida Prison

Patch confirms that former Gwinnett County Commissioner Shirley Lasseter arrived at Satellite Prison Camp in Marianna, Fla., Wednesday, Dec. 12, to start serving a 33-month sentence.

This article first appeared on Duluth Patch: Patch has confirmed that former Gwinnett County Commissioner Shirley Lasseter, who was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Atlanta to serve 33 months in federal prison for bribery, reported as scheduled on Wednesday, Dec. 12, to her assigned facility in Marianna, Fla. Lasseter was assigned to a minimum security Satellite Prison Camp (SPC) for female offenders located adjacent to the Marianna, FL, Federal Correctional Institute (FCI), a medium security prison for male inmates. The FCI has a population of 1,270 male inmates. The SPC houses 375 female inmates. A prison spokesman confirmed that Lasseter arrived Wednesday to start serving her prison term. FCI Marianna is located in the Florida …

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