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Former Cleveland Schools Chief Sentenced In Bribery Scheme

chicagotribune.com

A federal judge has sentenced the former head of the Cleveland and Chicago schools to more than four years in prison for steering 23 million dollars in Chicago contracts to education firms in exchange for more than 2 million dollars in bribes and kickbacks. 68-year-old Barbara Byrd-Bennett was sentenced Friday in Chicago. She said she was led astray by a sense of entitlement. Further details are published in the Chicago Tribune.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.