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A former Adelanto city councilman convicted of taking a $10,000 bribe to help open a cannabis business and also hiring someone to burn down his restaurant for an insurance payout has been sentenced to five years in federal prison.
Jermaine Wright, a 46-year-old Riverside resident, was sentenced on Monday by U.S. District Judge Jesus G. Bernal, according to the U.S. attorney’s office for the Central District of California.
Wright was found guilty on June 22, after a six-day trial, of bribery and attempted arson, prosecutors said.
Investigators began a looking into possible corruption in the San Bernardino County city in early 2017 , according to the prosecutors.
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