OH, MY, SOMEBODY GOT WITH NOT JUST HIS FINGER IN THE PIE, BUT HIS WHOLE HAND. Well, I guess he can use his time in jail to help his fellow inmates. A Montgomery County jury Friday found state Rep. Ron Reynolds guilty of six counts of misdemeanor solicitation of professional employment - a lesser charge than the felony barratry charge he faced. Reynolds stood and stared straight ahead as state District Judge Lisa Michalk read the verdict. The case is now in the punishment phase, and will continue Monday morning, almost a week after the Missouri City Democrat was re-elected to a third House term. Altogether, the maximum punishment for the convictions is a year in jail and a $4,000 fine. A felony barratry conviction would have carried a maximum 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Valdez, now serving a five-year sentence for his part in the scheme, alleged that lawyers paid him thousands of dollars to scour Houston police accident reports, then make house calls to automobile accident victims and solicit them to be clients for the attorneys. chron/news/politics/texas/article/State-Rep-Reynolds-convicted-of-6-counts-of-5878877.php
Posted on: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 04:53:34 +0000
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