List of American state and local politicians convicted of crimes


This list includes American politicians at the state and local levels who have been convicted of felony or misdemeanor crimes committed while in office.
At the bottom of the article are links to related articles which deal with politicians who are involved in federal scandals, as well as differentiating among federal, state and local convictions. Also excluded are crimes which occur outside the politician's tenure in office unless they specifically stem from acts during his time of service.
Entries are arranged by date, from most current to less recent, and by state.

2010–present

[Alabama]

[Kentucky]

[Alabama]

  1. Clark county Commissioner Lynette Boggs McDonald pled no contest to filing a false statement and campaign funding irregularities
  2. Clark County Commissioner Mary Kincaid-Chauncey was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison, fined $7,600 and ordered to forfeit $19,000 in assets
  3. Clark County Commissioner Dario Herrera was sentenced to 50 months in federal prison, fined $15,000 and ordered to forfeit $60,000 in assets
  4. Clark County Commissioner Erin Kenny was sentenced to 2½ years in prison
  5. Clark County Commissioner Lance Matthew Malone pleaded guilty to violating federal racketeering laws for bribing commissioners

    [New Jersey]

[Alabama]

  1. House Speaker Don Blandford pleaded guilty after 1992 indictment on charges of extortion, racketeering and lying. He was sentenced to 64 months in prison and was fined $10,000.
  2. State Representative Jerry Bronger was indicted in 1992 and later pleaded guilty to charges that he accepted $2,000 in exchange for blocking legislation that would hurt harness race tracks. He was sentenced to 10 months in prison.
  3. State Representative Clay Crupper pleaded guilty after 1992 indictment and was fined $10,000 on charges of interstate travel in aide of racketeering.
  4. State Senator Helen Garrett was charged in 1992 with taking a $2,000 bribe from a track in exchange for helping pass legislation. She pleaded guilty and received four years' probation.
  5. State Senator John Hall pleaded guilty to conspiracy and other charges stemming from 1992 indictment in Operation BopTrot.
  6. State Representative Ronny Layman was indicted in 1992 on charges of conspiracy to commit extortion and making false statements to the FBI. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three months of home detention and community service.
  7. State Senator David LeMaster was indicted in 1993, and acquitted of extortion and racketeering, but convicted of lying. He was sentenced to a year in prison and fined $30,000, but served just one day after resigning from the legislature.
  8. State Representative Bill McBee was sentenced to a 15-month prison term for his role in Operation BopTrot.
  9. State Senator Virgil Pearman pleaded guilty after 1993 indictment charging that he took an illegal $3,000 campaign contribution. He was sentenced to three months in a halfway house, probation and was fined $5,000.
  10. State Senator John Rogers, then the Minority Leader in the Kentucky Senate, was sentenced in 1994 to 42 months in prison after conviction on charges of extortion, conspiracy, attempted extortion, mail fraud and lying to the FBI.
  11. State Senator Art Schmidt pleaded guilty to a 1993 indictment for withholding the fact that he took a $20 cash payment from another senator tied to Operation BopTrot. He was sentenced to probation and fined $2,500.
  12. State Senator Landon Sexton pleaded guilty after 1994 indictment charging that he took an illegal $5,000 cash campaign contribution. He was sentenced to 15 consecutive weekends in jail, home detention for two months and probation for two years. In addition he was fined $5,000.
  13. State Representative Bill Strong pleaded guilty after 1993 indictment charges that he took an illegal $3,000 campaign contribution and did not deposit the money into his campaign fund. He was sentenced to three months in a halfway house, probation and was fined $3,000.
  14. State Representative Richard Turner plead guilty to a 1993 charge that he filed a false campaign finance report. Charges that he took an illegal $3,000 cash campaign contribution were dropped.
  15. State Senator Patti Weaver pleaded guilty after 1993 indictment charging that she was promised help finding a job in exchange for support of legislation. She was sentenced to weekend incarceration, probation and community service and was fined $10,000.

    [Louisiana]

[Alaska]

Local

Local

[Alabama]

[Alabama]

Local

Local

[Illinois]

[Massachusetts]

Local

Local

[Connecticut]

[Indiana]

[Wisconsin]

[Arkansas]

Local

[New Hampshire]

[Kentucky]

Local

[Maryland]

[Kentucky]

[Mississippi]

Governor William Woods Holden was convicted of "unlawful" arrests and recruitment of troops to quell the activities of the Ku Klux Klan in what became known as the Kirk-Holden war. Impeached, found guilty and removed from office.

[South Carolina]

[Illinois]