Former Texas police chief gets 15 1/2 years for bribery

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A former West Texas police chief was sentenced Friday to 15 1/2 years in prison for taking bribes for a multimillion-dollar contract for a city vendor.

SAN ANGELO, Texas —

A federal judge sentenced former San Angelo police Chief Timothy Ray Vasquez, 52, in San Angelo after a jury in March convicted him of bribery and mail fraud. U.S. District Judge James Wesley Hendrix also fined Vasquez $35,000. Vasquez was police chief from 2004 to 2016 before losing a bid for reelection while targeted by federal investigators. He was

 

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