{"id":50992,"date":"2022-10-03T21:23:14","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T04:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=50992"},"modified":"2022-10-03T21:23:14","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T04:23:14","slug":"former-mayor-pro-tem-sent-to-prison-for-five-years-for-accepting-bribes-trying-to-burn-down-his-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=50992","title":{"rendered":"Former Mayor Pro Tem Sent to Prison for Five Years for Accepting Bribes, Trying to Burn Down His Restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"yiv0504835752MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0RIVERSIDE, California<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv0504835752MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3918 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Department-of-Justice-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Department-of-Justice-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Department-of-Justice-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Department-of-Justice.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The former mayor pro tem of Adelanto was sentenced Monday to five years in federal prison for accepting a $10,000 cash bribe, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv0504835752MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">He also hired a man to burn down his restaurant so he could fraudulently collect hundreds of thousands of dollars in insurance proceeds.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32650\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32650\" style=\"width: 234px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-32650 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Jermaine-Wright.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"234\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Jermaine-Wright.png 234w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Jermaine-Wright-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32650\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a0\u00a0 Jermaine Wright<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"yiv0504835752MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Jermaine Wright, 46, of Riverside, was sentenced by United States District Judge Jesus G. Bernal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv0504835752MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 At the conclusion of a six-day trial, a federal jury on June 22 found Wright guilty 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=\"yiv0504835752MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In early 2017, federal investigators began a probe into possible corruption in Adelanto, a city located in San Bernardino County. 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=\"yiv0504835752MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-50789 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/s2rcajbbxx0-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"brown wooden pipe in dark room\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/s2rcajbbxx0-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/s2rcajbbxx0-706x1024.jpg 706w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/s2rcajbbxx0-768x1114.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/s2rcajbbxx0.jpg 827w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/>\u00a0 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=\"yiv0504835752MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cUnfortunately, [Wright\u2019s] decision to accept a $10,000 bribe payment was not a one-off event,\u201d prosecutors wrote in a sentencing memorandum. \u201cThe recordings in this case show that he spoke to the undercover agent\u2026over a period of months. [Wright] initially quoted a price of $20,000 for his vote on a City Council matter. Later, he suggested $15,000 for \u2018pushing\u2019 permits. Finally, he accepted a $10,000 payment, and he said that he expected \u2018a stack,\u2019 or $2,000, each time he would interfere with code enforcement going forward.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv0504835752MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-50477 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/qtq80-79ONyS-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/qtq80-79ONyS-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/qtq80-79ONyS-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/qtq80-79ONyS-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/qtq80-79ONyS-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/qtq80-79ONyS-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> 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=\"yiv0504835752MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 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=\"yiv0504835752MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 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=\"yiv0504835752MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\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 according to court documents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv0504835752MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\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<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv0504835752MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The FBI investigated this matter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv0504835752MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Assistant United States Attorney Sean D. Peterson, Chief of the Riverside Branch Office, prosecuted this case.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0RIVERSIDE, California The former mayor pro tem of Adelanto was sentenced Monday to five years in federal prison for accepting a $10,000 cash bribe, according to officials. 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