Post by WaTcHeR on Mar 21, 2006 13:02:23 GMT -5
03/21/2006 - Still insisting that he never took a payoff or tried to hide evidence, former East St. Louis Police Chief Ronald Matthews began serving 33 months in prison Monday after a judge sentenced him for obstruction of justice and perjury.
Matthews, a 32-year veteran of the police force, was convicted by a jury in December.
U.S. District Judge G. Patrick Murphy said Monday that Matthews, 56, had led an exemplary life before he was arrested last year for conspiring with his secretary to remove a gun from evidence and return it to its owner in exchange for cash.
Matthews, a 32-year veteran of the police force, was convicted by a jury in December.
U.S. District Judge G. Patrick Murphy said Monday that Matthews, 56, had led an exemplary life before he was arrested last year for conspiring with his secretary to remove a gun from evidence and return it to its owner in exchange for cash.