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  1. Aug 28, 2023 · A federal judge has sentenced Mark Ridley-Thomas, once a towering figure in Los Angeles politics, to 42 months in prison, marking a devastating coda to his long career as a local power broker and ...

  2. Mark Ridley-Thomas. Mark Ridley-Thomas (born November 6, 1954) is an American former politician and convicted felon. He spent three terms on the Los Angeles City Council from the 8th district from 1991 to 2002, and again for the 10th district from 2020 until his expulsion from the council in 2022. He was a member of the Los Angeles County Board ...

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  3. Mar 31, 2023 · March 30, 2023 Updated 6:54 PM PT. Mark Ridley-Thomas, one of Los Angeles County’s most prominent politicians, was found guilty Thursday of federal corruption charges for extracting special ...

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  5. Aug 28, 2023 · Ridley-Thomas, 68, of Los Angeles, was sentenced by United States District Judge Dale S. Fischer, who also ordered Ridley-Thomas to pay a $30,000 fine. At today’s hearing, Judge Fischer said Ridley-Thomas engaged in a “shakedown” and that he used his “[political] support as a bargaining chip to get benefits for his son.”

  6. Aug 28, 2023 · Ridley-Thomas served on the Los Angeles City Council from 1991-2002, then was a member of the Assembly and state Senate before being elected to the powerful county Board of Supervisors in 2008 ...

  7. Mar 31, 2023 · FILE - Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas attends a board meeting in Los Angeles, June 1, 2010. Ridley-Thomas, a longtime Los Angeles politician, was convicted Thursday, March 30, 2023, on federal corruption charges in a scheme in which prosecutors said he promised to help steer a multi-million government contract to the University of Southern California if his son got a ...