{"id":50127,"date":"2022-06-23T13:49:01","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T20:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=50127"},"modified":"2022-06-23T14:01:14","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T21:01:14","slug":"former-mayor-guilty-of-accepting-10000-in-bribes-and-trying-to-burn-down-his-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=50127","title":{"rendered":"Former Mayor Guilty of Accepting $10,000 in Bribes and Trying to Burn Down His Restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"yiv5302537278MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0<strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0RIVERSIDE, California\u00a0\u2013 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5302537278MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-48994 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/download-21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"418\" height=\"278\" \/>The former mayor pro tem of Adelanto has been found guilty by a jury of federal criminal charges for accepting a $10,000 cash bribe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5302537278MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">He also hired a man to burn down his restaurant so he could fraudulently collect hundreds of thousands of dollars in insurance proceeds, the Justice Department announced Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5302537278MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jermaine Wright, 46, of Riverside, was found guilty late Wednesday afternoon of one count of bribery of programs receiving federal funds and one count of attempted arson of a building affecting interstate commerce. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5302537278MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Wright was remanded into federal custody following the verdict\u2019s announcement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5302537278MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 U.S. District Judge Jesus G. Bernal scheduled a Sept. 12 sentencing hearing. Wright faces up to five years in federal prison for the attempted arson offense and up to 30 years in federal prison for both crimes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1V4VR1-1PzM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5302537278MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0According to the evidence presented at his six-day trial, in early 2017, federal investigators began a probe into possible corruption in the Adelanto, a city located in San Bernardino County. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5302537278MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">During the investigation, law enforcement used an informant who introduced Wright to two undercover FBI agents and recorded a series of conversations in which Wright discussed both plots.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5302537278MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-49254 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/wyxqqpyfnk8-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"white and black printer paper\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/wyxqqpyfnk8-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/wyxqqpyfnk8-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/wyxqqpyfnk8-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/wyxqqpyfnk8.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/> In the first scheme, Wright \u2013 then an Adelanto city councilman as well as the city\u2019s mayor pro tem \u2013 accepted a $10,000 bribe from an undercover FBI agent who told Wright he wanted his assistance in securing votes to expand the marijuana business zone, and for protection from code enforcement related to a supposed marijuana transportation business.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5302537278MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The man who purportedly wanted to relocate his marijuana business to Adelanto was an undercover FBI agent who told Wright that he was interested in using a property outside of the zone designated by the city for marijuana businesses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5302537278MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"> The agent specifically wanted Wright\u2019s assistance in expanding the area where a marijuana transportation business would be permitted.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5302537278MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ultimately, the informant told Wright that the undercover agent would rent a property from the informant which was outside of the approved marijuana business zone.\u00a0 Wright told the informant that the undercover agent would need an \u201cexemption\u201d that would allow the undercover operative to operate a marijuana transportation business, and that if the undercover agent wanted the exemption, then Wright wanted his \u201cten.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5302537278MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-49327 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/qtq80-PNCPHM-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/qtq80-PNCPHM-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/qtq80-PNCPHM-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/qtq80-PNCPHM-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/qtq80-PNCPHM-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/qtq80-PNCPHM-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u00a0At a meeting with the undercover agent and the informant, which took place in October 2017, Wright took a $10,000 bribe from the undercover agent. After taking the bribe, Wright confirmed that he would assist with code enforcement and votes. Wright also said he could curtail code enforcement activities against the marijuana transportation business, but it would require a \u201cstack\u201d \u2013 which Wright identified as $2,000 \u2013 each time Wright interceded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5302537278MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In the second scheme, in August 2017, Wright sought the informant\u2019s assistance in finding someone to burn down Fat Boyz Grill, his restaurant in Adelanto. In late September, Wright asked the informant to pass his cell phone number to the \u201celectrician\u201d \u2013 so named because Wright wanted the cause of the fire to appear to be an electrical problem.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5302537278MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-50131 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1533113-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1533113-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1533113-1024x760.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1533113-768x570.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1533113.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Wright met the \u201celectrician\u201d \u2013 actually the second undercover FBI agent \u2013 on October 3, 2017 and said he wanted the fire on the following Saturday when the sprinkler system would be turned off. After Wright assured the undercover agent that his insurance policy covers everything, the \u201celectrician\u201d agreed to do the job for $1,500. At a meeting three days later, Wright paid the $1,500 after the undercover agent told Wright he needed more time to prepare for the job.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5302537278MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Wright also gave the agent a tour of the restaurant and assisted in the planning of the arson by providing a ladder for the undercover agent and discussing various tactics to ensure the planned arson would be a success.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5302537278MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In October 2017, the FBI executed a search warrant at Fat Boyz Grill and interviewed Wright, who confessed to hiring the undercover agent to burn down the restaurant. The next day, the informant reported to the FBI that Wright had told the informant that the FBI had approached Wright, and that Wright requested the informant\u2019s assistance in making the undercover agent \u201cgo away.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5302537278MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Wright also attempted to hatch a plot with the informant to stage an assault on Wright himself to make the FBI drop the case against him. In November 2017, Wright reported that he had been assaulted.\u00a0 The circumstances of the alleged assault were consistent with the staged assault that Wright discussed with the informant.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5302537278MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The FBI investigated the matter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5302537278MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Assistant United States Attorney Sean D. Peterson of the Riverside Branch Office is prosecuting this case.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0RIVERSIDE, California\u00a0\u2013 The former mayor pro tem of Adelanto has been found guilty by a jury of federal criminal charges for accepting a $10,000 cash bribe. 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