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\"\"Officials stated that a federal jury in Atlanta convicted a former commissioner of the DeKalb County Board of Commissioners Wednesday for extorting a DeKalb County subcontractor in connection with a $1.8 million contract.<\/span><\/p>\n

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According to evidence presented at trial, from about May 2014 to August 2014, Sharon Barnes Sutton, 63, of Stone Mountain, Georgia, demanded monthly payments of $500 from a subcontractor, later increasing her demand to $1,000 per month.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sharon Barnes Sutton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The subcontractor made the first $500 payment in June 2014 at a restaurant in Decatur. Officials stated that the second $500 cash payment was in July 2014 at Barnes Sutton\u2019s residence.<\/span><\/p>\n

The FBI disrupted Barnes Sutton\u2019s continued demands in August 2014. <\/span><\/p>\n

Separately, Barnes Sutton also accepted a $5,000 cash bribe from an FBI confidential source who had business before the DeKalb County Board of Commissioners.<\/span><\/p>\n

Barnes Sutton was convicted of two counts of extortion. She is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 6. She faces up to 20 years in prison. <\/span><\/p>\n

The FBI Atlanta Field Office investigated the case.<\/span><\/p>\n

Senior Litigation Counsel Victor R. Salgado and Trial Attorney Jordan Dickson of the Criminal Division\u2019s Public Integrity Section (PIN) are prosecuting the case.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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