Former Monroe County Judge Executive Wilbur Graves Found Guilty Of Vote Buying By Federal Jury.
Former judge-executive found guilty in votes case
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) -- A former south-central Kentucky judge-executive has been found guilty of conspiring to buy votes.
Federal prosecutors said on Friday that a jury found 54-year-old Wilbur P. Graves of Tompkinsville guilty of conspiring to buy votes in November 2006 in his own race in Monroe County. The jury couldn't reach a verdict on a separate charge of vote buying.
A woman who pleaded guilty in the case last year, Wanda L. Moore, testified that Graves gave her money to buy votes and that she paid around 140 people, some receiving $40 and others $60.
Moore and two others will be sentenced later this year in the case.
Graves, who was defeated in the 2010 primary, is to be sentenced June 17 in U.S. District Court in Bowling Green.
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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) -- A former south-central Kentucky judge-executive has been found guilty of conspiring to buy votes.
Federal prosecutors said on Friday that a jury found 54-year-old Wilbur P. Graves of Tompkinsville guilty of conspiring to buy votes in November 2006 in his own race in Monroe County. The jury couldn't reach a verdict on a separate charge of vote buying.
A woman who pleaded guilty in the case last year, Wanda L. Moore, testified that Graves gave her money to buy votes and that she paid around 140 people, some receiving $40 and others $60.
Moore and two others will be sentenced later this year in the case.
Graves, who was defeated in the 2010 primary, is to be sentenced June 17 in U.S. District Court in Bowling Green.
For more, check out here: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/K/KY_VOTE_BUYING_KYOL-?SITE=KYBOW&SECTION=STATE&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
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