Sidney T. Graves was a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors between 1926 and 1930. He was the only member of the county's governing body to be convicted of a crime and sent to prison. In 1933, the former supervisor was convicted of accepting a bribe concerning the building of a dam on the San Gabriel River. He served three years in state prison and was released, but he had to serve more time in federal prison for evading taxes on the bribe.[1]
sidney, graves, member, angeles, county, board, supervisors, between, 1926, 1930, only, member, county, governing, body, convicted, crime, sent, prison, 1933, former, supervisor, convicted, accepting, bribe, concerning, building, gabriel, river, served, three,. Sidney T Graves was a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors between 1926 and 1930 He was the only member of the county s governing body to be convicted of a crime and sent to prison In 1933 the former supervisor was convicted of accepting a bribe concerning the building of a dam on the San Gabriel River He served three years in state prison and was released but he had to serve more time in federal prison for evading taxes on the bribe 1 Graves in 1934 awaiting transfer to San Quentin State PrisonReferences edit George Garrigues He Usually Lived With a Female The Life of a California Newspaperman Los Angeles Calif 2006 page 106 ISBN 0 9634830 1 3Further reading editCecilia Rasmussen Dam Scam Sent L A County Supervisor Up the River Los Angeles Times June 23 2002 page B4 nbsp This United States biographical article related to crime is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sidney T Graves amp oldid 1154390990, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
