LOS ANGELES—Prominent Los Angeles County politician Mark Ridley-Thomas was sentenced on Aug. 28 to three years and six months in prison for voting in support of county contracts that would favor the University of Southern California while accepting benefits for his son from the university.
“The entire community has been victimized by the defendant’s crimes,” U.S. District Judge Dale S. Fischer said during the sentencing hearing inside a packed downtown Los Angeles courtroom.
