Ex-Sheriff Gets Prison Term on Fraud Charge
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Former San Joaquin County Sheriff T. Baxter Dunn was sentenced Tuesday to six months in federal prison and six months of home confinement on a federal fraud charge stemming from his secret financial interest in a power plant at the Port of Stockton.
Dunn, 58, faced up to 24 months in prison but received a lesser penalty because he pleaded guilty in January and cooperated with prosecutors.
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