DANVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Sentencing has been delayed for an Illinois state trooper convicted of bribing a police officer to ticket his former girlfriend.
Vermilion County Circuit Judge Nancy Fahey granted the delay to give the woman time to prepare a victim-impact statement.
The (Champaign) News-Gazette reports (https://bit.ly/2hudDHI ) sentencing for 46-year-old Keith Lumsargis has been rescheduled for Feb. 2.
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Last month, a jury found Lumsargis guilty of two counts of bribery and two counts of official misconduct for offering a police officer a steak dinner for giving his ex-girlfriend a traffic ticket.
Lumsargis testified his actions were out of concern for the woman’s teenage daughter, who might have been in the vehicle with her when she’d been drinking. But prosecutors contended he was trying to get back at her for breaking up with him.
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Information from: The News-Gazette, https://www.news-gazette.com
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