Former Los Angeles County supervisor and city councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas, convicted on corruption charges in March, was sentenced to three years and six months in prison on Monday.
on one count each of conspiracy, bribery and mail fraud; and four counts of wire fraud. The violations occurred while Ridley-Thomas was serving on the county board of supervisors. The jury acquitted Ridley-Thomas of 12 counts of fraud. Ridley-Thomas had been serving on the L.A. City Council when he was convicted, though he had been suspended from the council. His conviction required his immediate expulsion from the city council.
Defense attorneys sought home confinement, community service and a fine, and requested incarceration of no more than two years and three months if necessary, according to court papers. The charges stemmed from what prosecutors called a quid pro quo arrangement between Ridley-Thomas and a former head of the USC School of Social Work, with the politician accused of steering county contracts toward the school in exchange for benefits provided to Ridley-Thomas' son, former Assemblyman Sebastian Ridley-Thomas.
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