JUST IN: Former Crestwood mayor Louis Presta sentenced to one year and one day in prison for taking $5,000 cash bribe from a red light camera company executive in 2018.
Former Crestwood Mayor Louis Presta was sentenced to one year and one day in prison on Monday, five months after pleading guilty to taking a $5,000 bribe from a red light camera company executive in 2018.in November, was caught on camera accepting an envelope containing $5,000 in cash from former SafeSpeed executive Omar Maani on March 7, 2018, and then lied about it when questioned by the FBI and IRS, falsely claiming the envelope was empty.
In exchange for the bribe he took, Presta agreed help SafeSpeed install more cameras in the village, and to increase the number of red light camera tickets that would be issued in Crestwood. Maani was cooperating with the feds at the time, although the company itself has not been charged with a crime, and has said Maani was acting without the company's knowledge.
"His actions were corrosive," Assistant U.S. Attorney James Durkin – who is not related to the judge –said at Presta's sentencing hearing. "Let's not color this case as a horrible, horrible example of political corruption," Breen said, adding that the feds caught Presta taking only one"cash contribution" from Maani."Other than that, he's pure as the driven snow. He should be an example for political figures." "I'm so sorry for bringing this scandal to the village of Crestwood," he said."I never thought that I'd be a criminal defendant.
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