SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - Former Orange County Sheriff Michael Carona has been sentenced to 5{ years in prison for witness tampering.
U.S. District Judge Andrew J. Guilford sentenced Carona on Monday during a hearing in which the disgraced ex-lawman thanked him for the opportunity to fight the charges against him. Carona also was ordered to pay a $125,000 fine and serve two years of probation after his release.
Carona was indicted on sweeping public corruption charges in October 2007 and stepped down from the nation's fifth-largest sheriff's department three months later. A central portion of the case were allegations that Carona solicited the help of a millionaire businessman to launder at least $30,000 in campaign contributions.
A jury rejected the heart of the case and convicted Carona of a single count of witness tampering.
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